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... NATURE NOTES. HAYS MACEINI CLAWS. When a bird lifts foot the toes close automatically. This is to prevent the possibility of a bird falling off its perch at night while roosting. The foot has an entirely automatic movement. When a hen walks you may notice ...
... NATURE NOTES. Smarm; There are several species of singing sects in Japan. The most. prised of these tiny musicians is a black beetle named sumsmushi, a name which means insect bell. The sound that it gives forth is similar to that of a little silver ...
... NATURE NOTES. .-0,-.. PIGEONS LOl9 FLIGHT. Over 8000 pigeons were dispatehed from Manchester recently by special trains to Southampton, for St. Melo, where they will be released. Tho distance of the Ay is 423 miles. ANINAI2 THAT SHED TEARS. A ...
... NATURE NOTES. Ms Tss-Tim. The most terrible scourge of Africa at the present moment is the sleeping sickness, whitt is conveyed to man by the tse-tse y. and vet up to quite a recent date man was consiaered immune from the attacks of this poisonous pest ...
... NATURE NOTES. TOWN SPARROWS. At about iiosta.ei of the yer town dwelling Ppano , AF, leave the cities aid take their young with them. They all make straight for the country iind invade the cannot& other wowing crops. Tht lig tlooke of evarrows now to ...
... NATURE NOTES. ' V. Hoo. ----- A bog on a farm in Panama recently fought lye black snakes at the same time, killing two. The hog had bugowed beneath a barn, and the snakes attempted to claim the hole. When the farmer's man appeared, the old hog on its ...
... NATURE NOTES. Tan Swamln What apsrs to be the smallest known has - ben described in India by Dr. X i kanandais. It is only 1-120th of aa with a spread of wings of 1-30th ofsm end belongs to the Hymenoptera. order including ante, bees, and wasps. It hes ...
... NATURE NOTES. BIRDS SS The tradition is that the caged bird which escapes will be killed by the birds of freedom. It is far more certain that a wild bird Introduced into an aviary of domesticated oses will to run the gauntlet. The caged bird thinks a ...
... NATURE NOTES. LANDMAN= The flight of the wild goose is a marvellous thing, declares a naturalist. At certain periods these birds gather together in large flocks, feeding on the uplands and waiting for • stiff, favourable wind. Then up they float until ...
... NATURE NOTES. Tws Mummer Unser. Wlst appears to be the brall luio•en has bc.n deecribed in India by De. K. &nits:A:lle. It ia 14Oth at long, v:th a *Dread of wings 01 1-31Nik ci so incn, and belongs to the Synsocipters, order including ants, bees, and ...
... NATURE NOTES. Aaovs ALL. What bird reaches the greatest height la ilightt The oondor, undoubtedly, asserts a naturalist in speaking of the feats of high-flying birds. ThM huge creature of the Andes tuts Itself to a height where no sound is heard, save ...
... NATURE NOTES. Do Nov Brno Wm Irma. Birds, with ths el the woodlark, do mot sing is thqdr light ' • Sitnum The Greenland birch is the smallest tme4m the world. It is generally edg a few um* high, but its branches covens zadins of or three fest. w A SPIED ...