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... NATURE NOTES. Pigeon That Stuck to Ship Mortality Beneath & Above Waves. •mi; problem wlu-tlier birds and . in act by process of raasoiimg, I bv jnstiuct, ron captain ' ’.i- iVulcrful story I ever bean! the . .o >t .1 pigeon. Coming through ' a , t> ...

... NATURE NOTES These do not usually find their way into my column, but I was amused during the recent cold spell by the birds outside my Kkitchen window. I made a tactical error in throwing whole slices of & A 8 M A % Eoee . N ? 8 R ‘z::';—'” 5,h S . ...

... nature notes. Protection Birds in Ire- land. A Plea for Sanctuaries. sii ficihiiok Moore pircsided at a apemcchin ( the Irish Society for the ,'i i !ihi of Birds at the Royal Irish \iv d'in' . Ruhlin. when the report, which ' , 1. referred to letter from ...

... NATURE NOTES (From Whuig”) LOUGH SWILLY. Tiu' past ookl, spring worked mucli havoc* among the birds that frequent tb© I shores. At Ix>ugh Swiildv, saodbank sitiMitoa i-n the iiiiside fioshwat'er whicnh pro>trid«B good tor about pairs ot Common Terns ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE RETURN OF THE SWALLOW. The swallow was a laggard this year; but a pair saluted us on Tuesday morning aa we walked 50 the outer air. We would have liked to enquire of them about the tombs ot the Pharaohs. or life on the banks of the Senegal ...

... LONDONDERRY NATURE NOTES. A resident in one of the suburbs Londonderry on the 3rd inst. observed swallows circling around his house, in the loft attached to which swallowe had been building for years past. The owner opened the loft and soon afterwards ...

... NATURE NOTES The Black-throated Diver The Black-Throated Diver is rare in Ireland, but we have noticed it at this time of the year off the Inishowen Peninsula, especially at the entrance to Lough Foyle. It is an extremely wary bird and will dive or sink ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Rat and the Watch. I The ship Marathon was at one {ime st WITH yais. fhe rodenis were | creating a good deal of d:nnnge] amongst the ship's stores, and the only. place that enjoved any immunity | from their presence was the 1-;1]:1:\1'11' ...

... NATURE NOTES CLUB-MOSS AND FAIRIES The Club-Mosses, although of humble growth, are interesting little plants. Mostly of creeping habit, the organs of reproduction at once dintinguish them f{rom all others of their kind. The f{ruit is produced in the axils ...

... NATURE NOTES. Blackbird, Worm, & Sparrow Hawk. The paragraph about the predilection of certain domestic animals and pets for attending family worship recalled an experience of a similar character in Arran. Below my room was the kitchen, and here each ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Hedgehog's Winter Sleep. The hedgehog is now sleeping off the winter months, his favourite hibernating place being a disused rabbit burrow, a crevice in an old sod dyke, or underneath the root of a tree. Once inside, and finding his ...