... NATURE NOTE Fugitive UNDER the trreN in the oak-wood the ripe acorns now lie attered among the riiMet leaves that detach themselves from the twlfs and spiral to earth with every gust wind. As the wayfarer follows the leaf-strewn path the rustling underfoot ...

... NATURE NOTE. A remarkable illustration of Nature's wonderful protection of the defenceless is supplied by the case of the guillemot's gg. This bird usually lays its eggs on a ledge of rock or cliff, about one of the most unsafe places possible you would ...

... Nature Note Animated Gems Gems of vivid iridescenceliving Jewels of wondrous beauty—Hash over the pond where the surface weeds spread their matted carpet of greenery sov thickly that the gleam of water Is almost non-existent. One might Imagine these small ...

... Nature Note BIRDS *xpre*B tb« fervour of springtime In different ways, Whilst the mavis and the merle are all tor singing, the lapwing gives vent to Ids emotions IB crazy flight—the wine of spring goes to his head, as It were ; he becomes Intoxicated ...

... NATURE NOTE Starlings HIN O the starlings ▼'assembling for roost on late autumn evening is an Interesting experience. As desk approaches the many units scattered during daytime In the fields begin wing their roosting plantation. Small parties converge ...

... Nature Note Reward day is devoid of a Nature-lover walking connin' ways. Even grim ness has Its own beauty thrills. dump Miowdn»i* little demure hlte-capM fairies —snu**:led under an ancient tree, where blue ills chlttef In the boughs; tlic golden candles ...

... NATURE NOTE. foram • On solo in the r. pl.sd i. *When. k thee sealed. pot hem the giant is We, sod the d the east a ehellieo peel. when IM wed. boson v. buM Cabinda tkr bee raged frail trims from ipmbi. Ile growers perform Mesas M HomeWm rt sad boot 'Wan ...

... NATURE NOTE March Woodland ALONG the edge of a small woodland flew the first humble bee of the year These early bees are all queens who have slept through the winter and who will be the parents of the teeming hordes seen later in the year. Flying by on ...

... Nature Note Autumn Scene A DULL tre? afternoon, with loner Ini clouds, winddriven, low over the Trent hills. The river bad lost all sparkle. Not a shimmer, not a sun-fleck to brlfhten It. Yet, inalni Into Its brown depths, colour was certainly there—flints ...

... Nature Note January “Joy” That MrOs thare the hope kindled when iuuir come* evident, for more snalehee of hedterow moslc enliven our eonntry walks these days of the early New Year, when mild conditions prevail. Listen to the missel-thrush as pauses for ...

... Nature Note Whistling Plover Q WEET notes, yet with softly plaintive ring about them, paling over meadow bard the swollen Trent, to remind one of the wild moots In springtime. Though not common In these parts the ‘-Whistling or Golden Plover Is occasionally ...

... Nature Note Summer Beck IN Jane the winding beet g, wonder-world of braiq, Us green alders sad slUaswH willows, it* tangles of and* reeds, blossoming yellm hn sad snowy lowers of thenwcrowfoot. It ever and attractive, every dns water tn It as bright ind ...