... NATURE NOTES. THE FOLKLORE OF TREES. Of all our trees there is none, perhaps, to which more folklore attachea than the common ash, though it is run very close by the mountain ash or rowan. As in the case of the elder, it is unlucky to cut down a young ...

... NATURE NOTES. OF THE BATTLEFIELD. [Steciaixt Contributed.] wi* outdo tii« week * BritWi war —rospoDdoot, who h»d T»it«d comp •Uloirioo, the immonM number c»rti»n crow* followod the »rmy i» enticipetion their L-. 'out. 'There ere thonmndo them eempejiower ...

... nature notes BIRDS ALLEGED TO BE DISAPPEARING, [Specially Co: I have often been surprised reading notes i ' ir » hu'o corrcepondcnt find that birds which aro fairly plentiful my own district rclorrod either vary rare or altogether absent, and I been ...

... NATURE NOTES. LOBSTERS AND CRABS THAT fKKD OH PLANTS. effect of on aaom-moK. [Specially Serioas raraphinb md« ...

... NATURE NOTES STRENGTH OF BORING INSECTS’ MANDIBLES. CoXTRtBrTF.D.I Mr. Herbert Stone, Birmingham. Timbers of Comnjerre tboir Ident: Scat ion, has undertaken make interesting experiments in order test the hardness the mandibles of woodboring The marvel ...

... NATURE NOTES. OBSERVATIONS ON MIGRATION. fSPICLU.LT CaSTSIBCTZB.'I Of the of name attracted ®o ancch attention rise to ao conflicting theories that migration. theory has yet been that» not or fees open objection, howeTer, and t&o vracst ...

... NATURE NOTES. HOW SWALLOWS MIGRATE. [Specially Contributed.] trench reached from of lamreca that a of Satarday Sumlay, {be Tatter day of arbiah I paw scaglcrs flying very big'h over Park. The most interesting and detailed account furnished by frigid ...

... NATURE NOTES. EFFECTS OF CHANGED ENVIRONMENT have recently been reading with extraordinary aeries articles the ** Nineteenth Century,” Prince Kropotkin, oonoenring experiments carried out by a number biciogiste with the object of demonstrating extent ...

... NATURE NOTES. GOOSANDER AND LITTLE AUK NEAR BIRMINGHAM. THE OUCKOO. Though the list casual bird visitors has been smaller far this winter than was last year, several interesting records were obtained, particularly daring the late autumn months of 1912 ...

... NATURE NOTES A TALKING CANARY. Contributed.] people imagine tlat the little tree-croepeir •aimlians) is a rare bird Midlands, probably bentuso, abbongb it is by n>. ;-um ahy, has way of keeping a good deal out eight. a matter fact, it is quite common ...

... NATURE NOTES POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAISY [Specially Contributed.] On Sunday the temperature was like that of midsummer day. and as the fine weather brought out genus homo in largo numbers, both foot and awheel, so caused many of our gaudily-coloured ...

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