... NATURE NOTES The regular habits and customs of birds in their nesting are extremely interesting and of great importance to the naturalist, but, perhaps even greater interest are their occasional departures from custom. At the present moment, in the same ...

... NATURE NOTES Of all the cheery little creatures with which we are 'blessed, surely, first place must be given to the Rabin. He seems to have sung especially well this wet and dreary autumn. No matter how wet the day he sings from early morning till late ...

... NATURE NOTES. The hunting of the Otter can be very interesting and exciting. A few days ago the otter hounds were round Wootton Wawen and district. Otter spears or poles are the chief requisites for this sport, and are of great assistance to the hunter ...

... NATURE notes. The fox, the terror of hen-roosts and delight of sportsmen, is very plentiful this year. In small wood, not far from Warwick, there are two earths and another in the side of pit near by. This animal is chiefly nocturnal in habits although ...

... NATURE NOTES. By \V. F. E. SEELEY, F.B.H.S. THE HARVEST OF THE HEDGEROWS. (Continued.) The hornbeams this year have had an extra ordinary crop. This tree is easily mistaken for the beech, but its fruit is quite a distinctive feature. Throughout the summer ...

... NATURE NOTES. The charm of the westerly type of weather, and the clearness of the air which characterises it, is the special beauty it imparts to the young greenery and white fruit blossom, standing out in relief against the dark masses of cloud. Inis ...

... NATURE NOTES. Few are more useful than the five of Wagtails or Dishwashers, and lor fceantv they ore unrivalled. Their food cousists SSSrt entirely insects all kinds, and reason they and their efgs deserve to %e protected. It pretty sight see Wagtails ...

... nature notes The whole eountryside m blighTffl-e needed moisture, ormg y » very wonders if these trees are likely to live. Wild existence* the ‘hot gan have ’timeto fully Expand; the railway banks which short fime affo were looking so ibeautiful, are ...

... NATURE NOTES. The greater celandine which is now in blossom belongs to the same order as the poppy, and not even distantly related to the lesser celandine which blooms, very early in the year. The handsome leaf is much divided, and very similar to an ...

... NATURE NOTES. There have recently been several article? in the daily papers about the teasel plant, but in eacli case the writer has written the plant ornatal only. and somewhat uncommon, overlooking the fact that at one time the teasel was extensively ...

... NATURE NOTES. From an economic point of view the Swallow is a great friend to agriculturists an insect destroyer. It lives entirely on insects, most of which it catches on the wing, though it may be seen taking them from the surface of the water. A pair ...

... Nature Notes Birds in the Moult THERE i* notmiuch bird-song to beard in August and the early part of September. Thl* the moat trying time for the feathered population, the time when they are losing their gay sommer plumage with which they were wont dazzle ...