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... NATURE NOTE. I went to interview , , yesterday. Mr Boo . p President of the % d»* Fishery Trusts When I entered cising his Iron iug-glass. I ,» J V,, and Robson W' happy shout. ' - break Jopson, A V 2.30 I have to l,l . ,/f poor, and , Jfi,f Jones, and ...

... NATURE NOTE, THE NURSES There is a remarkable adaptation to Purpose in the insect world. Most people know of the existence of tin. a:dode or cow ant, the worker and ilo drone bee and other weft-defined varieties in the numerous inediet-colonies of Nature ...

... NATURE NOTE. CAMOU LACE Nature adopts many tactics for defence —in the animal and insect kingdom as well as in the floral kingdom. Her commonest method is camouflage, by which her creatures grow splashes of colour or douses' that makes them almost ...

... NATURE NOTE. THE KINGFISHER DESPITE early throats of rain, weather—and at times glorious sunshine—favoured the klurworth Pointto-Point at Ingleby Cross on Saturday. The charming scenery, the coloured silk shirts of the riders. and the ladle& many' hued ...

... NATURE NOTE A ripple of correspondence has bccn running through The Times on the subject of the cry of the badger. Personally, I should not recognise the cry of this amiable beast if I heard it, but a surprising number of ocuple agree that it is exactly ...

... Nature Note Yr TREES IN To-day, I was shelter as I crossed j to make the time usef fit to compare the trees The bark of the sweet regularly fissured, hut / have a slightly obli ( l ue in ascending the trunk. is that the whole bark spirally twisted. Though ...

... NATURE NOTE& 4 HUNGRY BIRO. An official record ot the achievement of sa crow in captivity shows that in a singh. day the bird devoured one-fourth ot its weighs in minnows. That is much as if • Joao ate forty pounds of cod within :34 hours. STRANGE REED ...

... NATURE NOTE. Mr. S. Banks, Portsmouth, writes: With spring-like weather Nature every hand is rejoicing. Bright sunshine has great influence upon men, seen by their presence in the fields and by-ways as if listening to and enjoying the happy song birds ...

... Nature Note ON the outskirts of Hull, according to report, a motorist spotted two large wild animals with ruffled fur round their necks. Police inquiries revealed that they were Irish 'wolfhounds. Not, as might have been supposed, a couple of spivs ...

... NATURE NOTE Mr. Sam Banks, Portsmouth, near Totlmordttn. prefaces his Nature Note will* “Beit wishes to all for Merry Christma.s and a Happy New Year.” and a reminder that the hird« -still require special attention yet.” The other morning was out on the ...

... NATURE NOTE. As yet, writes Mr. 6. Banks, Portsmouth, have not had much spring weather. To-day March in its bitterest mood giving cold seat winds, which bring hurried winga, storms of powdery snow that chill one to the bona. Notwithstanding the hard weather ...