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WHERE ARE THE SWALLOWS ?

... WHERE ARE THE SWALLOWS ? April 25 , 1908 . Sm , —In your most interesting nature notes of above date , I sea a paragraph entitled Where are the Swallows ? It may interest the writer , C . C ., and probably others , to learn that I observed a martin ...

Published: Tuesday 28 April 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 219 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

NA- 'T- ^ KE -N OTE S

... clean-run fish of 15 % lb . —W . L , W . • BIRDS' CHOICE 09 fSSOSG PUCES . Somoof us have been much interested a tha Nature Notes regarding' the places ohon by birds ^ for nesting . Every year wo have Beste in onr school playground buiife by somewhat ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2203 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

A DISASTROUS electric tramcar accident is reported from Bournemouth , due to the brakes refusing to work while ..

... Long Struggle with a Salmon , and Birds' Choice of Nesting Places , are the titles of short articles given under Nature Notes . ____________ ( P . 8 . ) MR CHTrBCHTitL arrived in Dundee , whore he was warmly received by the Liberals . Speaking ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 810 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

- -NATURE-. . NOTES ; -I

... - -NATURE-. . NOTES ; -I ' • FOBESHOEE BABKACUM ; , ' ; TflE small white barnacle ( SalaAw , ' balawuks ) , to common on the rocks wnioh lie between high and low water mark , usually spawns during- the months of , April and May . . Like oysters and many ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2066 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

. THE BLEATING OF THE SNIPE . ' • ' . .: ' . • • • Ma . y

... BLEATING OF THE SNIPE . ' • ' . .: ' . • • • Ma . y 18 , 1908 .-- ' . SIR , —Your , correspondent S . in Saturday ' s Nature Notes would attribute the origin of the bleating or ^ drumming sound made , b y the snipe to the wings of the bird . Surely ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES • -A MAY siOBtnare ' s oBSEimnoKs . My point of observation at the Butt of Lewea overlooks a rugged piece o £ sea coast , cave mdent&di , tempest riven and . overhanging , with . adjacent pinnacled stacks and rooky islets ; landward a . ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2106 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NEW . WmONS

... sketches and memories , collected from various magazines and journals , -The Open Door ( 5 s . net . ) They are glimpses of nature , noted with the eye of a . born poet wd observer , and set down by the hand of a literary nrtist , as seen , nof ; in the 'wooclg ...

Published: Monday 25 May 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2260 | Page: 2 | Tags: none