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... NATURE NOTES. Not many days ago a friend at Simpson Clough whilst throwing tcod to tie Wills motto I his house was surprised to see a sparrowliawk swoop down and curry away a robin, or sparrow lin its talons. The habit is characteristic of Oho bold and ...
... NATURE NOTES. The Golden Gors*. The golden gotse bloom* practically the whole peer round, but never it welcome than thaw dark of winter. At the mm is covered with bod* bunt Into ni»«f the first bright day. Already some atieltered cobmk beginning to htootn^ ...
... NATURE NOTES. Local Bird-Life. strolling near (be upper reaches the Derwent the other day a nanty bird lonem wteae pb-ased to see a number of I hwk-beaded gulls. Though not really rare bi«4, liie black-headed always interesting one when seen far away ...
... NATURE NOTES March gave one very warm day, the 17th, when the maximum shade temperature rose to C 2 degrees. This figure has only been equalled once in this month during the pest ten years. Flowers of all kinds are now seen all over the countryside, and ...
... NATURE NOTES. ha, *ntcd. fr u this district, writes a cor• .■ *'th th nes for more than H 10, i P*ion of very light shower i- consequence, the land **« #\**taat . Vo lraDle s,ai for cropping, 'J!hi * s as been taken full advan■ * °Ps that escaped the ...
... NATURE NOTES. Magpies. It always strikes wonder that have ! any magpies left, for they are so relentlessly per- j secuted. The magpie is a handsome bird at close quarters, but withal a thief. It delights to feed On the eggs of smaller birds, hence it ...
... NATURE NOTES. Early Nesting. A thrush's nest with four eggs was founu Hale Barns, Altrincham. Sunday. A keen observer of nature in the locality says this least a week earlier than he has noted such an incident any previous year. —-♦ The Weather! may be ...
... NATURE NOTES. Ribbon Growths. A curious freak in plant growth is the produc tion ribbon growths, and this is more often seen the sunny south, where, with a better climate plants have more opportunities of showing that tendency. Not long ago I found a ...
... NATURE NOTES. Some Nettles and a Moral. When you stretch out your hands clutch the flowers that greet you by the wayside it is often your lot be stung nettles. You smart: you growl. Yet, what soothing unction you obtain when you take the trouble to look ...
... NATURE NOTES. The Coming Spring. The older naturalists would probably have had good deal to say about such bright and hopeful weather as we have lately experienced. But nowadays we are apt to take these signs of the regeneration of the year as something ...
... NATURE NOTES. Barmouth as a Winter Resort. In proof of the remarkably miid climate on the shore of the Mawddach Estuary, correspondent writes: Your readers will be interested to know that three weeks ago laburnum tree was full bloom for the second time ...
... NATURE NOTES. Sounds and Echoes. Undoubtedly the breakers of the sea may cause echoes among tho rocks, which act as funnels and repeat them high in the air. once read of a strange echo to be heard near Rouen. The person heard only his direct voice, but ...