... NATURE NOTES. ARRIVAL SUMMER MIGRANTS. [Sfkciallt Contain swans have narked tbs the spring migration. Probably the lime these notes are published tho geooral flow have set ilk The ...

... NATURE NOTES invading sparrows victorious. rSrzcuixT CoxnxnicTiD.l Before last week’s notes actually appeared print the contest between the sparrows and martins my neighbour’s house bad ended, it was bound sooner or later, in a victory for tho invaders ...

... NATURE NOTES POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAISY [Specially Contributed.] On Sunday the temperature was like that of midsummer day. and as the fine weather brought out genus homo in largo numbers, both foot and awheel, so caused many of our gaudily-coloured ...

... NATURE NOTES. ’•AGUES OF WINGED ANTS. [Specially Odwtbibutid.l Mr. C. Co*, Hindswortli, •ends mo box ooniaining number what fiioa, which says infect his house in thousands the present time, emerging from vices in the woodwork and near tb© grate in his ...

... NATURE NOTES. OAKS, ACORNS. AND GALLS, [Specially Contributed.] I r«ociv©d from Mr. J. EUk, of come intcreatin comments the growth and fruiting of th© oak in the district he most frequently traverses between Walsa-ll and Birmingham. In th© nedg'hbouxhood ...

... NATURE NOTES. LOCAL MIQRATORT MOVEMENTS. past three •wr%'k» I barm been tb« East Coast, and have ! mi,a bio take local bird before going arway tltai theco wore cS an early com- PKgioefiwaii the aula ran mutation, and that apparwrtJy, «%wo for few etragglcrs ...

... NATURE NOTES. SPRING IS COMING. The returning tide of bird-life already MS strongly, though we scarcely notice it, because the passing stream of birds which through our gardens, woods, and fields, when: ever the south wind blows, consists as yet chiefly ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE DUCKS OF GREAT BRITAIN. Birrs KH AS A BREEDING SPECIES. {SnCUXXT Contkibcted.] Only ibom Met ion i> bow roqnirod oomploto “Tho BriUh Bird 800k ...

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... NATURE NOTES. The tine of scarlet and red is on the hawthorne tree now, and the hedges are gay here and there with berries of the deadly night , hade. Night creeps on more quickly now, and there is that unromantic smell of burning green-stuff in the gard•fns ...

... NATURE NOTES. OPULENT JULY. Opulent July. This is the apt title of tbe monthly nature history in the July number of Pennon's whine is given an account of the chief nature doings of the month. In July the birds no a° gaily, but another form of wild ...

... NATURE NOTES Water lilies and weasels A BOUNDING in stretches of sti rivers and canals the yellaw water lily now thrusts its blooms above the surface of the water. with its oval green leaves floating on the surface and appearing like large mats. After ...