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... NATURE NOTES iXUHA OF THE FOHFARSHIRE COAST . A wonderfdl variety of - flowers and plants flourishes in the sandy soil of the Forfarshire seaboard . Above the high-tide mark , where tho sparkling waves roll briskly up , aro scattered silvergray beds ...
... NATURE NOTES ¦ ., ' :.. ARIUN ' IN . SEPTEMBER : .. ¦ li Nature is slow to extend 1 her bounty u , Arran / she makes amends by being equally slow in withdrawing it ; and , although an Arran September ii ficklo , it bieeds harvest days of rare beatit j ...
... NATURE NOTES NOTES J-BOM IHE WESTERN FBONT . DmuNG-tho winter , as in the summer , in Franco as well as in Belgium , tho magpie has been tiw most prominent of all the birds . They arc in extraordinary numbers , and this year ' s nests mt already well ...
... NATURE NOTES SOLAN GEESE OH THE BASS BOCK . . B ? an , association of ideas in . the minds of most naturalists , the Bass Kock is inseparable from adian goeso , or ganneta as . thay aro as often called , with which , the rock is annually crowded during ...
... NATURE NOTES THE-TOOD OF THE ODES DUCK . TBB food of eiders seena to consist chiefly of ihell-fish . I have dissected several , and have always found the crop and gizzard to contain the same shell-Cab ,, with one exception , whore I found crab remains ...
... NATURE- > NOTES v ' :-: • ; CEUELTT ~ 0 ? . THE SPABSOW HAWK . ' : . . ¦ While passing'along the side of a wood one day lately I noticed a hen sparrow hawk fly into a trea a . short distance in-front ol-me in a . manner which seemed to indicato . ' tM'f ...
... NATURE NOTES A CAPTIVE KESTREL . A CTOlOTJSj incident in bird life occurred during the short but severe storm of tho 3 th inst . A schoolboy , whose daily walk led ¦ through the woods , saw a hawk sitting on a holly bush and immediately made after it ...
... NATURE NOTES / . ( j | ( , ( THE ETESICHT OP I 0 TOO AM 1 LU . B , The birth at the Zoo not long ngo of a still- • born lion cub which had tho cleft between tho eyelids open ' draws attention to an occurrence which s unusuaL It is disputed whether lion ...
... NATURE NOTES TWO MARVELS OF BIRD JIIGRATIOX . The two grout mysteries of bird migration-ft why and tho how of it—wore briefly discussed • * this oolumn a few weeks ago i but there aro 011 puzzles connected with theso which , though ...
... NATURE NOTES RETUKN OP THE HIGBANTB . Bvekt year I observe ' with renewed pleasure this interesting agpeot of bird lifo . Tho mildness or inclemency of the season maTcea a slight difference in the dates of tho reappearance of different species , but it ...
... NATURE NOTES IXOWEB 3 OF THE BEKWICKSH 1 BE COAST . The friable nature of the'Soil of tho rocky coasi from St Abbs Head to -jSyemouth and beyond ren dorB it peculiarly suited to certain kinds 6 f plants In late August and September it is still a veritabji ...
... NATURE NOTES THE . GOliDKN BOHBTUCS . Thebb is a little aristoorat of the insect-world that , comes with the speedwells . I find the queer solitary * littlo fellow by tho sandbank whero tho earth-bees livo or nearby on the greener or more flowery margins ...