... Nature Note Hibemators disturbing lumber In a a torlnlseshell butterfly was revealed In a state of hibernation. As these Insect blbernators will wake up under the Influence of mild, sunny period, even In mid-winter, one roliht as that they would select ...

... Nature Note The Cuckoo-Pint TTNDEB the hedgerow where the green now encroaches on every Inch of soil, yon may notice numerous greenish, glossy ■heaths np-lhrnsttnc from the closuring growths like halffolded pokes.” They are cnekoo-Dlnts, beloved of the ...

... Nature Note The Chaffinch’s Beautiful Nest CiLOSKR scrutiny «f what 1 appeared a knot In the fork of the old mossy, grey-barked apple tree, proved It to be the nest of the chaqinch. tn Blrdland architecture there Is nothing more beautiful than the shllfa’s ...

... Nature Note Lady of the Stream 'DEAUTIFt'L vistas open out the late summer sun cuts s polden path through the fllray mitt over-spreading the waters of the beck, tempting the wayfarer to quit the metalled road and follow the winding stream. There Mature-magic ...

... Nature Note Welcome Invaders TOOK April Oswalds tkiongk springtide an tSTadlat boat of and tadltmte OTCIT oome* *f as tend. Copse, thicket, nod-bed, taneclad bank, ancient barn and far the Tartoos tribes, some sained aarilr, others only ielittag rivals ...

... NATURE NOTE Summer Migrants THE summer migrants arc all here. Songs from many different throats drift from brambly bank and leafy copse, for tbis Is the month of the pipits and the. warblers. All day long the cuckoo’s familiar ** two old notes echo ...

... Nature Note Eventide OCCASIONALLY n* the perfect summer tide, when the last load of fumed hay—embod.vlnc all stored-up sweetness of meadow—has departed. Tfc birds that all day long haun'S the scene, revelling In Insects spread amotg t* sham roots, have ...

... NATURE NOTE Honeysuckle NOT leavt of the summer gifts the honeysuckle. Ha\c you ever loitered by copse where this plant twines in Its characteristic way from left right over the low hushes, on a warm evening after shower ? If so. then you will have discovered ...

... NATURE NOTE co.ltoo has if gain at last! I: 7 I heard to: the h.st tme week•tnil as be timed his weicorne nive win:o fleiti ov:.rhead. It is to be hoped that lie is :•eal.v the herald warmer and weather. for after the depressing and severe w'wer which ...

... Nature Note February Summer RECENTLY we have enjoyed the sunshine and clear skies of “February Summer. Klchard Jefferies described such periods of springlike weather during this month. The dawn chorus of the birds has been reminiscent of April, rather ...

... NATURE NOTE Beautiful But Detested THK warm weather has brought the crimson popples perfection. Great pools of scarlet splash the gold-green acres corn, where their vivid banners In close-packed array give a rich flush to the scene. Great sun-lovers are ...

... NATURE NOTE The Silent Woodland riIHE woods are quiet at this . time of the year. In the spring melody echoed among the green boughs, but now the birds axe silent, save for an occasional plaintive twitter from a bluetit There was much cloud as I walked ...