... banisb idleness. To encourage kindness and love for animals. We give a hearty welcome to the Club to all who share our aims. NATURE NOTE: THE DIPPER A bird which attracts ranch 'attention on the river's is the dipper—or water crow, as it is called in Scotland ...

... next week that sericus business will start again. To-day Mr 8. Banks, the Todmorden naturalist, supplements his occasional Nature Note with the news that he has seen the swallow. Having tasted this rare delight, he is now cracking his ear drums to hear the ...

... tween Lord De Ramsey, Custos Rotulorium of the Isle of Ely, and the Lord Chancellor! To-day's Nature Note: T have been out regarding the case which Mr Neil Primrone‘“‘-mi“ in the open (writes K. G., Burnley), has brought under the notice of the (iov-: ...

... expressed a wish to speak that no little difficulty is being experienced by the organisers in making arrangements. To-day's Nature Note: The “gentle as a Jlamb ' idea is seriously discounted by an THE ALBERT MEDAL. ; incident recorded in the * Scotsman” this| ...

... Table Talk. To-day’s Nature Note: The remarkably mild | weather, accompanied by moderate sunshine, is calling the early flowers into bloom. From Mr Joseph Lomax, 15, Tontine-street, Blackburn, we received this morning various flowers packed in bright ...

... IF THE RAT WON! A GOOD RULE FOR NEXT WEEK. Drawn by Thomas E. Watson (13), Witton, Blackburn. NATURE NOTE: ARTFUL . ANIMALS. In the struggle for existance' those creatures that are big and strong are the most likely to succeed, and come off best in the ...

... intimated her intention of visiting Wales next year, when she desires to be present at the annual Eisteddfod. . To-day's Nature Note: In his weekly note Mr S. Banks, of Portsmouth, near Tod, morden. opens with a reference to the un' folding leaf in the ...

... in South Wales, which had nine hours. Southport had five hours, and Morecambe three. To-day ** Pica Rustica” forwards a Nature note, but does mnot enclose his name and address as a mark of good faith. It is devoted chiefly to the jenny wren as the bird ...

... all the skating and curling that is good for them in one season, if Jack Frost be in the mood. To-day’s Nature Note: With reference to your Nature note in Thursday’s issue of the “Telegraph,” it might interest your naturalist readers (writes H.M., Blackburn) ...

... positions—“ near, and yet so far”—relying upon trains and steameie for an interchange of visits. To-day’s Nature Note: Lately there appeared a nature note in the ” Telegraph showing the enormous appetite of the redbreast in proportion to his size. Apropos ...

... 1893; and a silver groat coined in the reign of Henry VL., which was feupd at Friar Hill in 1872, To-day's Nature Note: The other doy in a Nature Note we mentioned that through clress of weather several little aukes had been sighted or captured in Scotland ...

... well dropped in favour of a policy directed to bring about \nn amicable and speedy settlement of the dispute. To-day's Nature Note: With lovers of-the country the joy of living is increased when the birds come into song. Mr H. Bannister, the Small Holdings ...