... NATURE NOTES. THE FRIGATE BIRD. Mr. J. Lancaster, an American naturalist, who spent five years on the west coast of Florida studying birds there, came to the conclusion thet, of all the feathered tenants of the air, the frigat:- bird can fiy the longest ...

... _ . . NATURE NOTES, A Currovs Fisd, “Peter's Beaked Fish™ ig 8 mative of fropical Africa, aud is so uamed because of the elongation of the lower juw into a Mf:,i appendage, thus forming a” beak. The is dark brown in colour, with two light brand-like markings ...

... NATURE NOTES. Bieps HAVE MACHINE CLAWS. When a bird lifts its foot the toes close autowatically. This is to prevent the possibility of a bird falling off its perch at night while roosting. 'The foot has an entirely automatic movement. When a hen walks ...

... NATURE NOTES. Give me health, and a day with Natare, and 1 will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.” Emerson. The ivy flowers provide a banquet of } nectar for all manner of insects when most | other sources of food have failed or are | failing rapidly ...

... NATURE NOTES. Experiments have proved that if fish get much above or below their accustomed depth in the sea they die from the change of the pressure of the water. Frsa VARIETIES. From remote ages the sea has been reflpled with fishes, some of which at ...

... NATURE NOTES. Cax Spx v TAR Daßk The aye-aye, here illustrated, is stated to sleep during the heat and glare of the tropical day, and to move about chiefly at night. The wide openings of the eyelids, and the whole construction of the eye, are arrangements ...

... NATURE NOTES. Breps IxToxICATED. On their vernal migration quails often fall victims to the poulterer, for they are then netted literally by thousands. Quails are cnug‘ht by band in the vineyards of the South of France, for they will feed o greedily on ...

... NATURE NOTES. Oysrer-PaxNzs. ] A curious species of oyster is found on the wost coast of India, vzich is sciendifically known by the name of Placuna placenta. Its shell consists of a pair of roughly circular plates about six inches in diameter, thin and ...

... NATURE NOTES: 8000 PIGEONS’ LONG FLIGHT, Over 8000 pigeons were dispatched from Maachester recently by special trains to Southampton, for St. Malo, where they will be released. The distance of the “ fly ” is 420 miles. ...

... NATURE NOTES. *“MUMMY WHEAT.” Many people still believe, as did the sncient Eq{ptians, that wheat thousands of years old will germinate if sown. Experiments have beeu conducted at Kew Gardens with what is knowu a 3 “mummy wheat''—that is, wheat found ...

... NATURE NOTES l [ thought it would not be long before the lesser celandine, the primrose, the 'king-cup, and all the other yellow flowers ' which lead the way in spring gained company. This week the wild violets have appeared in many places, and when the ...

... NATURE NOTES. “HEY, JOLLY ROBIN! It is to the song of the robin that we must look for the music of the autumn months, There is comcthing strangely suggestive of frosts and winter even (observes the © Daily Chronicle™) in the musie of the robin. Not alone ...