... NATURE NOTES. HOW BIRDS TRAVEL ordinary route of our travelling birds autumn is from nor'-nor'-east to sou-sou because the cold north north-east wind which makes them move and the natural trend the land ope is to the south and south-west. The bird* do ...

... NATURE NOTES. This weetc-erid I alw the Lesser Celan'Me, with its little golden ge peeping [lam amongst the. dead granges by the Aitclite, and daisies. and the lovely, lhough unc.a.recl for dandelions are every- Wheie. Spring has come. So let us away ...

... NATURE NOTES S the days grow shorter the nights grow longer, writes Sand Piper. For some weeks now the countryside has been lively with the noise of our feathered friends on their nocturnal migratory flights to more congenial climes. Although peewits ...

... NATURE NOTES. Many of our Young Citizens will have been to the seaside during the. last few and will. 1 am certain, have been delighted to see the wonderful movements of the seabirds as they alighted on the shore or rested on the sea waves. Perhaps. some ...

... NATURE NOTES. Spring is coming, sure I hoard a mime; thrush the other '• Cheerio, cheerio, cherio, be Gang, and then, •• Wake up, wake up, wake up' I am sure that is • sign of brightsx days coming. 110 seemed to be enjoying the beak day and telling the ...

... NATURE NOTES. The countryside is lovely jtet now, and the meadows are ripe unto harvest. I walked through a meadow on Saturday where the grass was three feet high. In :he hedger OW9 the blackberry flower ie already appearing, and the fields are , overed ...

... NATURE NOTES (By Walter J. Vernon. Chester) BEES (23) ?A,RASITISAI Where the carcase is. there wt..; the aLso.' might be parapnra_ed in.o Where industry is. there isi.l the parasites De also,' tar wiser, you lino that an has lien toriuna.e or succu,- ...

... NATURE NOTES. Rock Gardens. is given to few English folk to understand the scientific rules that underlie the fascinating rock gardens of Japan. But it seems pity that citizens cannot get experts to arrange such space is at their command on the principle ...

... Nature Notes. {By MaARY OAKDEN.} This drop of ink in my pen, I think I may claim, has been drawn from the most ancient inkwell that ever was used. Since any vessel which may be made to contain ink is, ipso facto, an inkwell, at any rate for the time being ...

... Nature Notes Th. densest mass of water-crowfoot in these parts is now in flower over half the lake at Wrightingtnn Hall, between Parbold and Standish (writes EH.). It makes a wonderful sight. There were eight young coot, seven young wild duck. and ...

... NATURE NOTES. Grateful Ghosts. A dear little girl told me the other day that it might winter the daytime, but it was always summer at night. When I asked for an explanation, she said that her bed was always surrounded by buttercups and daisies and harebells ...

... NATURE NOTES. - , Uwe any of you boy% and girls the grasshopper during your summer holidays? If you ita%e not you have numbed a treat giusshopper family is the most livvly svt 1 have ever met. There are nu slow-omuliee UI it, no strikers or lazy-bones ...