... NATURE NOTES. A Toap’s APPETITE. According to the “Journal” of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, a toad that was captured at nine o'clock at night was proved to have eaten since sunset six cutworms, five millipedes, six snowbugs, nine ants, one weevil ...

... NATURE NOTES. SPRING MIGRATION OF BIRDS. The second Report of the Migration Committee appointed by the British Ornithologists' Union has recently been published, and the records of the spring of 1906 prove extremely interesting, while the various maps ...

... NATURE NOTES. BewILDERED BY FoG. Fog has a bewildering effect, not only on human beings, but also on animals, save those who find their way b'{‘ scent. Birds are entirely confused by it. ame gi%eons remain all day motionless and half asleep either just ...

... NATURE NOTES. I was right in supposing that Poppyland would be delightful in this splendid weather. They are all saying that it Is the best v.e have had this summer. Long may it continue ! Surely there is part of our land in which the flowers are brighter ...

... NATURE NOTES. Axruan Love. An interesting instance of a dog’s friend. ship with a horse has occurred at Wigton (Cumberland). The horse and dog—the latter a two-year-old retriever—shared the same stable, and the dog, when its friend was taken to the field ...

... NATURE NOTES AM) QUERIES. LOW TFAMPILATraII9 AND OIDIANIC Lou. One of the most interesting articles in this month's magazines is that which Dr. Allan ltacfadyen, Director of the Jenner Institute ot Preventive Medicine, contributes to Harper's on The ...

... Nature Notes. o~ THE S¥RAWBERRY SEASON By Luke Ellis, Owing o the hot weather, the straywberry season has come audéenly to &n end. The berries, ripening so Quickly, were too soft for —carriage. It is a delicions fruit, however, and always worth growing ...

... NATURE NOTES. To Sir. I nit. si:tol to .44.. that yo.i piiilili Mr. It. lannl 4,%thitiait'• - Nature PA glrectipten ee N attire a- lie env% it v. itlt 41,P.; eleeerrer.iiin •• FMI.III inv.% oeil to the is delight- 1 re . ohm:. a.i,l ll.b • ,olere se ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Puma and Mao. The American lion regarded a* a much leas interesting: am than the king of the the old world, but if the Kronen told of him Mr. his book, “The Naturalist La Plata, are regarded as the whole truth, ho ha« boom oomsiderablj ...

... NATURE NOTES. Fog and Frost. Crossing London Bridge on a fuggy morning the city worker will notice that every tug within hearing distance is sounding a piercing warning note. Such is the way of all shipping—since it cannot be seen it must make itself ...

... Nature Notes. The sixth half-rhlnme of the Natural History of Animals” (The Gresham Publishing Company) has now been published, and eight half-Tolumes will complete the work, an estimate of its value now possible. The rolumea are 7s. each net, and I can ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE RIIO OUZEL. There are two species among our British birds that go by tbis ram: of ouzel—the ring ouzeCof the moorlands, and the water ouzel of the rippling streams ; the latter more suitably known now among ornithologists as the dipper ...