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... his garden to jee his feathered friends. Among- friends sa privileged was Mr James Siartin, who tells the ■eader.s of Nature Notes that the blackbirds, ;h: ushes, tits, sparrows, pigeons, &c., would hover bout the kind old gentleman, perch OIL his hat ...

... A DOG STORY. A Cumberland norreepondonfc, writing to Nature Notes, vouches for the correctness of this delight- ful little dog ,tory:-A farmer, who lives somo miles from Carlisle, went to market by tram. Somehow his dog failed to enter the carriage. It ...

... A SPIDER SWALLOWING ITS WEB. A correspondent writes to Nature Notes Early in September some friends of mine saw a garden spider (one with white marks on its back) make a web large enough to cover one pane of the dining room window. It Avas a beautiful ...

... SPIDER SWALLOWING ITS WEB. A correspondent writes to Nature Notes Early in September some friends of mice saw a garden spider (one with white marks on its back) make a web large enough to cover one pane of tfee dining-room window. Ib was a beautiful spider ...

... FROGS IN BIRDS' NESTS. A correspondent relates a curious thing in this month's Nature Notes. We have, says E. A. M. of Marlborough, made a curious) discovery in our garden. Some frogs have taken up their abode for the last month in two deserted blackbirds' ...

... little white innocent-faced lambs gambolling by their side, the objeots of tender solioitude to those mothers. A writer in Nature Notes for this month tells a pretty story of a mother with twin blObs, one of which seemed quite different from the other. He ...

... GOLF AND WILD FLOWERS. It is to be feared (says a writer in Nature Notes) that the great and growing passion for golf is working unfavourably to the preservation of some of oar most interesting wild flowers, especially on sandy sea shores, which are beooming ...

... A TALKiNG CANARY. i A TALKiNG CANARY. A lady correspondent of Nature Notes, while staying recently in the little village of Churchill, Somerset, heard a talking canary. The bird belongs to a Mrs Buckland, wife of a gardener living in Churchill. Joey ...

... recently been detected in the enjoyment of this gay and fastive practice. In this month's magazine of the Sol borne Society, Nature Notes, evidence on the subject is collected which seems to place this entertaining feature beyond doubt. Dr. Japp declares that ...

... LARKS OR SPARROWS P I Larks are now often in the menu. They make, in truth, a delicate meat, but, asks Nature Notes, is it agreeable with Selbornian feeling to eat them ? They are being consumed by tens of thousands, and are rapidly diminishing in num- ...

... MUSIC AND MICE. A nice little animal story is given in this month's Nature Notes, which raises the interest lug question whother mice have a fondness for music. It is contributed by a musician, who says:—One evening I was somewhat startled at hearing ...