... NATURE NOTE • THE SMALLEST BBITISH BEE . -The sight of my . roso-bush leaves the other d tinged b y tho leaf-cutting bee , a great hairy tMl that sometimes blunders into tho houso , rcmjjj n ™ by some subtlo allusion of contrast that Ik tiniest of all ...

... NATURE NOTE BIHD F . IFB IS POKTOBEUX ) CUYHELDfl . TjfE disused clayfields situated close to PortobclU and abutting on tho main lino to Edinburgh at » proving a sonrfo of attraction and haunt to variom species of birds which find them a restful retreat ...

... NATURE NOTE PAEOQTJET IN AN EDINST 3 EGH GABDES . It lias long been supposed , that paroquets are toe hereditarily tropical to stand any groat degree of severity of weather ( more . especially the trying climatic changes which . are our lot during a ...

... NATURE NOTE : J THE HARDEN HEDGE . We use it very badly . Caged bohind iron railings and wiro netting , wo forco it to seo lifo through prison bars . It stands , tho kuifo well ,- bo we cut it into the somblance of a green wall with , a Hat top . 11 stands ...

... NATURE- NOTE .. Kcms nsoii-thb BASS BOCK . The bustl . o . and . activity of returning bitd lif inoreaso daily ¦ diir hbai arrivals being th « pufc ., ¦ which , with customary punctuality ( puj jn « j , . poaraiicoon ~ tho 24 th , -thus completing ...

... NATURE NOTE BIllU LIFE OS TJiE WESTERN FRONT , Some birds seem little perturbed by tho noiso and commotiorrof war . Hc-ro in the vicinity of Arras , in a pond leading into the courtyard o ! an old block of buildings now used as a bath-house for the troops ...

... NATURE NOTE BATS IN SEABCH OF HONEY . • Not so long ago tl ^ browrt rat was by no means commpn in Lower Glenbuchat , in the wilder portion of • Abordcenshire , but in recent years considerable numbers have appeared in the district aud havo infested the ...

... NATURE NOTE . 1 wo DoamuviTun jmuabd . While spending my holidays last August in K Lanarkshire village near the Clyde , I one day observed a . wild duck ( femalo mallard ) lying amon g somo hens belonging to a small farmor . On making inquiries I was ...

... NATURE NOTE ' . ¦ fiAlUBE UN THE WbHJLiCi 1 UUM , The mild' weather of tho early spring has given place to cold , bleak days , and the birds aro feeling it acutely . Their singing is very intermittent , and at times almost despondent . Tho blackbird ...

... NATURE NOTE SEED PEKSIONEBS . We get a great deal of pleasure every winter from feeding tho birds . Food tables are affixed for the purpose to the . window sills , and one ot two of our pensioners often alight on them before tho hand that tends them has ...

... TO-DAY’S NATURE NOTE The wicket at Leeds was under water to-day, and seagulls revelled in the rippling pools. ...

... NATURE NOTE . S . ^ ACBIiroiBit IK • B . CSDS . A WEKS . ago I caw a . jackdaw , one erf ^ i wmgs was • dietmgaiAi ^ cl by eavaral white ty ^ ' 'While the bird • waa flying this was particii ] ^ noticeable , bat oven when it rested , and its ^ were • ...