... course, have no such privilege, and must either repeat day or lose one according to the directhion of their courses. A Nature Note Of all our garden trees the old alders that fringe the stream are to-day (writes A. T. J.) first favourites with the birds ...

... says a German newspaper. It is to the credit of the Nazi Government that one of the causes of war has now been removed. A Nature Note The bared branches reveal so many old nests unobserved before (says A. T. J.”) that one is astonished not only at the cleverness ...

... Moon Rise*, 5.13 a.m.; 5et»,1.59 p.m i NATURE NOTES. December Roses In Cheshire Gardens. SCARCITY BIRDS. In several fairly well sheltered gardens was possible to find various kinds ot roses in bud well into December in spite of the advanced season, and ...

... (Unknown), and mystery surrounded him all his life. He was fatally injured by a motor-lorry in Leeds a few years ago. ♦ ♦ Local Nature Notes At the turn of the tide on New Year's Day the hard weather crowded the Alt estuary between Hightown and Crosby with more ...

... A Nature Note Loyal to its old traditions the sno* drop has announced the turn of the yea l by piercing the sod (says “A. T.J.”) its twin sheathing leaves clasped together and hardened at the tip, th better to thrust spear-like through tb fl resisting ...

... Western Front, overruled him?”—Reuter. “Germany Expects The Worst’* Copenhagen, Sunday.—The British: Cabinet changes are naturally noted with the greatest interest in Berlin. The view is held that if it means any change in the situation, it will be a sharpening ...

... attached to other branches Colne’s civil defence system, which now approaching a very satisfactory state of efficiency. Nature Note Though driving tests have been resumed this month, candidates for the full licence will not be dealt with anything like ...

... * * * Local Nature Notes Ermines or white stoats occasionally come our way in winter, and the other evening one crossed the road into my headlight near Mailing (writes Eric Hardy). Little grebes or dabchicks w’ere recently in two curious incidents. At ...

... A Nature Note The daffodils have speared the sod lll some arum spikes are thrusting throat the mat of autumn’s leaves 3 ' “A. T. J.”). Ever wakeful have flecked their wiry tangles vd* 1 tufts of emerald, and the sonih ' hellebore in whose veins runs the ...

... A Nature Note Though it was cold exiough a few ago (writes A. T. J.) this did not quefl' the ardour of the brave and light-heart* dipper. Indeed, rather than being 8 down the wintry weather, tl' irrepressible optimist was as blithe he is in May. Above ...

... A Nature Note One of the most unobtrusive of winter birds, the redwing, might oft go unnoticed (says A. T. J.), but a among the dry leaves generally reve ( this Scandinavian thrush feebly hunt' for grub wherewith to stave starvation. Though our West l ...

... A Nature Note The leaves of young beeches and (says “A. T. JV’), being retained withered state, contribute a glow of colour to the countryside, tho of the one being a fiery of the other a cinnamon-buff. tenaciously do these dried effigies summer cling ...