... be thinking of the French proverb that two house moving. make one flre.— Peterborough in the Daily Telegraph. Local Nature Notes We are in the nightingale season, and as usual each spring, reports of the most impossible nature pour in (writes Eric ...

... no means purely of historic interest, for it is fashioned of tortoiseshell, with a valne of at least £6.000. • * * Local Nature Notes The drought forced many songthrushes to line their nests ni,rely with dried grasses like the blackbirds, instead of their ...

... sound of its parents I presume it is now settled among the roses of the pergola. Such are interruptions to the writing of nature notes Few traces now remain of the long drought in my neighbourhood. The rills and ditches are running again; the meadow grass ...

... In “Nature Notes. the magazine of roe Sel borne Society, a very curous incident is re lated which was witnessed at Belper a smal! Late one after- town not far from Derby noon Loree rats were seen crossing a yard fram the direction of the fowlhouse One ...

... * * * Local Nature Notes Users of the Southport Road have some idea of the beauty of Ince Blundell where the road passes through the woods (writes Eric Hardy), but within the walls of the deer park the beauty of the abundance of primroses beside the many ...

... When does your opening sale closes asked the first. When your closing sale opens, replied the second. • • • Local Nature Notes This is the season of all-night rambles, hut many are little more than long walks with frequent consumption of coffee and ...

... It is said that when he was driven off his head drooped and his disappointment could be clearly seen.—Ex. * * • Local Nature Notes Bird sisitors from the Arctic north now crowd our local coasts (writes E. 11 . -) and at the Ribble Estuary last week-end ...

... —What makes it so dark? Witness.—Absence of light. * * * , Soldier Naturalists I mentioned recently some of the interesting nature notes sent from Tunisia and Libya to the Merseyside Naturalists’ Association by Mr. G. L. Grandy, who is on active service with ...

... • * * Local Nature Notes Although the frost still keeps a mixed party of redwings, chaffinches, and greenfinches in the city in Et. James's Cemetery (writes E. H.), I heard the spring song of the great tit there on Tuesday morning, the day previous ...

... Liverpool, where will carry out his propanganda. Liverpool mothers bad best keep daughters at home. Bow Soto Carry Xrgi. “Nature Notes,” the magazine the Sertxmie Society, a very curious incident, related. which was witnessed at Belper, a small •jown not ...

... 20 mina. Irk Haskins (162 lbs.). Manchester. beat Bunt Made (169 lbs.). Lascle, by twattwo Lila. Both were leasing L.cal Nature Notes The first indication of the spring bird-movement northwards was the appearance of eight greenshanks at Liverpool Sewage ...

... there and spank Sonny (ten minutes later).— Daddy, when you come up to spank me. pleas. bring me a drink. • • • Local Nature Notes The first nesting birds of the year are usually house sparrows (writes Eric Hardy), and at a cottage in Knowsley !Park ...