... NATURE NOTE. The Animal Underworld. By DAVID GREWAR, F.S.A. (Scot.) Less than a century ago the mole, tha toad, and the worm were regarded as creatures of ill omen, and though we now appreciate them at their true value, certain prejudices still attach ...

... NATURE NOTE THE SEDGE WARBLER. This little brown warbler with its creamy white underparts and yellowish buff eyestripe is one of our common summer visitors, and as its name belies, is generally found in the breeding season in marshes and reed-beds. Wintering ...

... NATURE NOTE. Birds—Helpful and Harmful. By DAVID GREWAR, F. S. A,. (Scot), Glenisla. Throughout the year there are 440 different species of birds to be found in the British Isles. Of these r 33 are resident, 52 summer visitors, 55 winter arrivals, and ...

... NATURE NOTE HIBERNATING ANIMALS. Rolled up in a ball, long furry tail curled round to protect his face, the dormouse is already fast asleep, and will remain so until the spring. The hedgehog, too, has made a nest and rolled himself up inside, but his ...

... NATURE NOTE The Peregrine Falcon. The fiercest of all the falcons is the peregrine. It is about the size of a rook—per. bpi a little bigger. 'I be most of its plumage is grey, light on the breast, and ribbed with black. There is a distinct moustache ...

... NATURE NOTE. Stoat and Sandpiper. At the end of June while sitting on the bank at a riverside I noticed on the other side of the stream a sandpiper tripping daintily about a selvage of sand picking up insects Open and reaching to the water, the sand shelf ...

... A NATURE NOTE. THE OTTER. In winter, when snow lies on the ground, a peculiar trail my be seen by the sides of river or stream. It consists of a deep concave furrow with footmarks on either side. These are the tracks of the otter, and can never be ...

... • NATURE NOTE. t The Wood.Pideoa Everyone knows the wood-pigeon, for it common over the length and breadth of British Isles. Other varieties are the rockpigeon, stock-dove, and turtledove, but the cushat as it is often called is the largest, its average ...

... • m ^ NATURE- ; NOTE S . ! -More' Indian Animals at the Zoo . Only a few wooks ago there was noted in th ,. column tho arrival in tho Zoological Park of large and interesting collection of Indian animal chiefly , deer . There has just arrived another ...

... A NATURE NOTE _ Varieties of Pigeons. By DAVID GREWAR, F.S.A. (Scot.) The varieties of domesticated pigeons are indeed many, and they differ widely in appearance and habits. These characteristics have given rise to a good deal of argument and discussion ...

... NATURE NOTE EARLY SPRING SONG. Birds have not been slow this year to feel the quickening breath of spring. First to begin in earnest was the robin, which has sung without a break in this locality since , January 27. Last year tbe country was still lying ...

... NATURE NOTE Bird Life in Camp, Since the beginning of September I have been resident in a military camp in Scotland, and I have noted the bird life within the camp bounds. When I arrived in September there were two families of pied wagtails frequenting ...