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... NATURE NOTES. 8000 PIGEONS . LONG FLIGHT. Oyer 8000 pigeons were dispatch. frr rn Ifun. cheater recently by special trains to •ti.nuipton, for St. Melo, where they will be d. The distance the fly is 41.0 milts. WE DISAPPEARING HORSE. Mr. S. F. Edge ...

... NATURE NOTES. ENGLISH CRAYFISH. Schemes for the restoration of crayfish to tributaries of the Thames, from whieh they have totally disappeared, owing to the erayfiih discsae, are, the County Gentleman understands.entertsisied by some of the proprietors ...

... NATURE NOTES. A WHISTLING TREE. The - Tooter, or whistling tree of South Nnhie, is so called from the flute-like sounds made by the wind in its branches. The sound is caused by holes bored by an insect lb. spines of the branches. A WONDERFUL SPIDER. ...

... NATURE NOTES. A ROYAL BOTANIST. Many stories are being told of King o:car. One illustrating his simple bonhomie was mimed by 11. Gaston Bonnier, the botanist. M. Bonnier was botanising near Stockholm, when be met a stranger similarly_occnpied. The two ...

... NATURE NOTES. COVER FOR RABBITS. U it is intended to run wild rabbits upon the ground in any quantity it is advisable to see that there is plenty of cover for them; that is, if they art to provide sport with dog and gun during the shooting sesson. When ...

... NATURE NOTES. A CURIOUS WATER PLANT. One of the most curious w a ter plants, writer in the People's Friend, is the valisnetis spiralis. whose female flowers are situated beg, spiral stalks, which can be compressed or lengthened aecordieg as the level ...

... NATURE NOTES. TAPPING FOR SAP. India-rubber trees whir* are tapped envy ether day matinee to yield sap for more thee yes; and it is a cartons feet the mos t frequently-tapped tress produce the Ached AN AMBITIOUS BUSH. The little parish of Rockingham ...

... ,NATURE NOTES. THE USEFUL LAPW INC. No bird is more beneficial to cultivators than the lapwing. It devours snails, wireworms. beetles and lawn of various insects that infest grass, turnip . , wheat, and crops of other kind. it feeds in the evening. it ...

... NATURE NOTES. The leave of the trees are Mat falling, perilmilady those on the lit, sycamore, lime, and white poplar, which generally come down first. It is very interesting to notice what we may term the order in which the trees begin to shed their leaves ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR HIDGEROW3. The greatest ornaments of the English he' -e lust latterly pare been the wild roses and the slder.blossom, both of them dowers almolot,ly typical of the time of year. Our Ameriesn friend, the `. County Gentleman suggests ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR FEATHERED VISITORS. Sir Herbert Maxwell has pointed out that Great Britain, despite its dense population, contains a larger bird population than any country in Europe in proportion to its area. From about the middle of Mart* until the ...