... 1111MOUR OF :' NATURE NOTES. laorrrs. out of Ilva kittens belonging in a at .is Hank. Inverness. been destroyed, the animal took under its a chicken, 'ask)* it mothered for over a imonth. Unfortunately at the sad of that time the chicken diea: DEADLY ...

... NATURE NOTES.I 4I Alma, ••• • • ••• De animals Weide, Is sh old So be bet ha odder he bs Lease al lad he that it was 's - habit dig their stings their heads to escape ire. szpiableptr ia : proved the of thii A of searpiebs ambied it Pa entrained, hot ...

... NATURE NOTES*, .4 A HARVEST OF EELS. Over four tons of Thorpe, ia the Fee., the lam days. to London. They were caught as • of a trench being an °verbal mere to the sea in order to est the flood weber. The local fishermen set Le tater*opting the fish, ...

... NATURE NOTES. r HOOKING Al init. The 'that while smiths Ilse other day co the et 'Gatehouse, Kr. R. Liverpool, ked a singular in win& be his rod his Amis.! la. Chining his has in the usual Mr. liosodem Mt s tog. and hooked something which snapped his ...

... it I NATURE NOTES. .31any people will tell they wee a of gram clump colour during • shower of rain. thousands of mushrooms springing up before their eyes. 11110 Is an optical illusion caused by the rain Letting down the grass. The mushrooms do not really ...

... NATURE NOTES. VIORTA2IBJS. insects are strict vegetarians. Afl the bumerhy sad moth tribe, of remrse, to plant food, and no do el the beetles sad nearly all About of the whoa* animal kingdom are feeders. th• strongest are seldom esters of lieut. There ...

... NATURE NOTES. • CITANT Orris. Visitors to the Natural History Museum at South Kensington now have the opportunity of a new specimen of the giant otter of South America. The present excellent aril well-mounted example replaces an old and badly-mounted ...

... NATURE NOTES. SING/NO INSECTS. Among the natural curiosities of ate singing insects. The prised a these 11111 V Is • black beetle named susunitieht; which means insect bell. The sound that it Mies rosembles of • little silt.: bell of tbe sweetest aud ...

... I I :* • .•: NATURE.. NOTES. '• ••••—• A routs Man named Barker Wa6 bdallaroe the kiver Ed.. at Kirkby Stephen when lie *spied aa in water and struck sk it sash hi. Tim otter jitinpett into the boat aud attacked his. but Barker, severe tussle, succeeded ...

... NATURE NOTES. TWOVIIANDI IN OXIL. ':Eves of are composed of an immense nunilier of facets, probably four thousand at least to each organ,' says an authority. More wonderful still, each facet is :wally • minute in itself, and answers to one of our come ...

... NATURE NOTES. mmtm••111111••• , .. , COVER FOR RASIII7I. 11 it :s intended to wild rabbits the ground in any quantity it is advisable he gee that there is plenty of Miser for them; that is. U are to provide sport with dog and gun daring :be shooting mason ...

... NATURE NOTES. • Viorremogrurrs. Ornithologists asPert that ally sparrows, and robins. .Tat ventriloquial powere. Birds, when surprised singing. will be silent for a moment, awl then give forth a faint song that te come from a distance, though the ringer ...