... NATURE NOTES. This week I have received an interesting letter from Private G. Simm, who is at present in ramp near Mansfield. Notts. This soldier tells me that swallow s are still very numerous in that county, and there are a few pairs still nesting. ...

... NATURE NOTES. The honey season. except in the ease of those beekeepers who live within reach of the heather, is fast drawing to a close. The limes are now in full bloom, but this source will not last long, and the cold nights we are now having will, I ...

... NATURE NOTES. The month of May up to the present has been very favourable for the seeding. Si far as corn sowing is concerned the crops are all safe in • dry bed awaiting the grand transformation scene, when the'' sparkling blades of grain will glisten ...

... NATURE NOTES. We hare now reached the last month of the year, and, so far, the weather has been in keeping with the season. As write the surrounding hills have received a nice covering of snow, while the valleys end country generally wear a more wintry ...

... NATURE NOTES. The month of March, although it opened well, was not long in showing its proverbial temper. Sunday and Monday were two very ungracious days--days of bitter cold winds and driving mows. Oar feathered songsters have again been silenced, and ...

... NATURE NOTES. We have now, as I write, about six days of April left, and, although the weather is improving, the season must of necessity be backward. In the woods and groves the trees still wear their winter drew, bet along the highways and byways the ...

... NATURE NOTES The lieldiar• nud redwing. two wellknow heralds of winter. have non arrived. Although I have recind s of both birds lwfore Martinmas. I did not see them in the Pesirith district before Saturday. 24th November. The fieldiare (Turdus pilaris) ...

... NATURE NOTES. The seasons, like the ever-rolling tides, are continually on the move. To-day (Monday), as I write this note, Spring, with all its joys and sorrows, has once more come and gone. The longest day is passed, and that enchanting time of the ...

... NATURE NOTES. On Thursday night I had brought to me by a young man from Plumpton a bird which had been killed by flying against the telegraph wires. At first I thought it was a black tern er sea swallow, but on examination next morning I was surprised ...

... NATURE NOTES. From where I am standing as I pencil this note there is a splendid view of the hills and rates of a beautiful portion of Lakeland. Some of the corn crops are standing in stooks, while others are apparently well matured and ready for the ...

... NATURE NOTES. Daytime in the Penrith district has now commenced, and a s I pencil this note the musical ring of the mowing machine breaks the stillness of a glorious summer morning. July, which has just made a brilliant entry, is, generally speaking, ...

... NATURE NOTES. The last day of the fickle month of March and the home-coming of April are events *hat will live long in the memory of the inhabitants of Penrith. March had throughout been in a very surly temper, tut, taking the month on the whole, it was ...