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... Nature Note Some time ago there was a discussion in the London Press on whether swans could or could not fly. A colleague who resides in the Craiglockhart district is in no doubt. The other morning he saw a pair flying from the Happy Valley pond to the ...
... NATURE NOTE. Over a million earthquakes shocks are felt each year. Shucks! ...
... Nature Note ‘THE SWALLOWS RETURN They come back year after year, the swallows and martins, to delight vs with their flight. They are frail, but the power of their flight is magical. Free and swift their flight is. the fiighl of beings used to wide spaces ...
... NATURE NOTE \yHAT ii true time to-morrow, 0? I rack my brains, but do not know. Two hours fast the clocks will Greenwich Mean Time; yes, that's so—■ But experts tell me—experts, ho!! The cocks will crow Two hours slow; But what about the brooks that flow ...
... NATURE NOTE MR. J. Bentley, the president of 4 Todmorden Natural History Society. reports the visit to Centre Vale Park of two uncommon migrants, the garden warbler and blackcap warbler. Both birds can be seen and heard -in our cloughs, g:rticularly in ...
... A NATURE NOTE /CANTEEN Staff Wanted, Morris Commercial Cars. Spares Dept., 8.1. F. Buildings, Castle Bromwich.—Apply Manageress. ...
... A NATURE NOTE The Honey Bee Is On the Wing Again TPHE other day I went to see crocuses at the Botanical Gardens. Underneath leafless azalea bushes in the rhododendron garden the ground was thickly carpeted With flowers of purple, mauve and white, most ...
... A NATURE NOTE Sir, —I suppose even the letter-tothe-editor man is not allowed to mention weather conditions, yet without actually giving anything away to the enemy, I can’t help remarking that this spell is even misleading the crows. We don’t expect crows ...
... A NATURE NOTE The Gallivanting Limpet WANTED, Hoover, Electrolux, or ' any good cleaner, also Washing Machine and Refrigerator.—Phone MID. 4529. Dye from Shells WATCHES, Clocks, Jewellery. Clothes. or Pawn Tickets Wanted—Sß. Highijate-road. Sparkbrook ...
... A NATURE NOTE The Kingfisher in Ancient Fable and Unrom Fact ONG. long ago. in the isles of Greece, a fairy maiden, Halcyone, loved Ceyx, sailor boy, and none were so happy they. But one day Ceyx was ship- nest, the kingfisher burrows to wrecked, and ...
... A NATURE NOTE Gold and Russet Glory of the Leaves of the delights of childhood consists of scuffling through piles of fallen leaves. Who does not remember the bliss of early winter days when, muffled in woolly scarves and gloves, we took our walks abroad ...
... Nature Note THE WOODPECKERS For some reason not easily to be ascertained, we have, during the past few years, been favoured with the presence of several species of birds which have not previously been able to establish themselves in oyy local woods. Al]of ...