... war had broken out in Europe. An interesting article on the wild cattle of Chartley, Staffordshire, is contributed to Nature Notes by Mr. J. R. B. Masefield. This herd of wild white cattle is of great antiquity; but whether the present animals are directly ...

... the total value of the deficiency was over a quarter of a million sterling, an average of about 4d. on a sovereign. ) ?? Nature Notes this month has some contributions on the subject of tame robins. A correspondent. writes:- Every morning, after breakfast ...

... between Calais and Dunkirk.. Three old eannon have been 'recovered from bhe wreck at )unkirk so far. In the Juneonumber of A' Nature Notes, Mr. R. Mlorl'ey calls attention tothe great' destruction of monkeys 'on the Gold- Coast for the .sake -of their akins ...

... tions that domestic pets of entirely different species will often establish between onee another. A eorrespoiileonnt of Nature Notes relates That Mr. C. )orringrton, Wituey, had a tamiie 'love that used to be let out of itt cagye durincg breakfast. mnd ...

... lb 1a'e0 frig'h t. The wail ton and ?? slamughlter by three sc'noolboys, wvith whom a- writer ill tboe ?? iniaiber of Nature Notes ehlaims frieilldslitp. of 110o feu ?? thlan1 sixtre ?? of tlhe so-allowo-tail buti ertly (P'apllio Mlal'haonll) Will ...

... follows, however, that the leaves send down moisture into the stein and branches. Mr. Rudolf Beer, in the current number of Nature Notes, refers to the observa- tions inmde by the great German botanist Stahl respecting the ?? of rain or other moisture on ...

... night dlid sup, Your work is waiting, and you have no choice But do it, Dorothy, get up, get up. -H. D. Rawussley, in Nature Notes. , OUR MON'rHLY LETTEP.S. December, 1898. Second Week. Lett'ers to be pbsted oni Wednesday newt. Fthel M. Payne. I E. ...

... is ?? to bes a great indluence among human beings. It would appear, from a little story told by Mr. B. T. Dasiberr, in Nature Notes, tthat the intluence is equajllv 7 potent among other creatures. Among thebsirds on l1 Danberry's laevn a eingle sparrowv ...

... altern, who replied with ready wit, Would not any soldier be hurt, sir, to witness the fall of Royalty? Writing in !'Nature Notes, on the weawxo, or baya bird, Major M'Nsir gives many interesting p=. ticulars of its habits and of the itonderful ness ...

... we are told of the late Sir Eihard Owen. An intense affection for animals and birds, says a writer in this month's Nature Notes, was a lead- ing characteristic of the great naturalist who was taken from us at a ripe old are shortly before Christ ...

... afternoon's Walk in Spring, t A STRAY PIGEON. a ' Early in the 'month of February. 1892, says a corre. a spondent of Nature Notes, a pigeon was observed o flying about the 'back of my hnuse, not going away, I I but occasionally alighting on the roof ...

... kindliness and n helpfulness which maniwy 6ane People would do well to r iimitate. If (To be continued.) ITEMS. [From Nature Notes. '1 S SRAicE PLAYMATES.-IO 3 field near my garden a ow and sheep live in a close ooin1paniulsliip. 'lbs sheep 0was brought ...