... THE NOTES OF BIRDS. Writing in Nature Notes, J. NI. H. says: I have known robins and other garden birds long and well, and that sweet little far-away sounding warble has often been sung close to my elbow whilst gardening, by some tame robin that has ...

... But marcihed off nu ?? his price, Leaving the gouty merchant i, the dark. A TALKIING CANARY. A ladiv correopondent of Nature Notes, while stay. ing recetly in the littlo village of Churchill, Somerset, t hetad a taliing cannary. The bird belongs to ...

... the few nrick ' tunes with which Pipers aze accustomned to entertain their audiences, and it must be onfessed thst the natural notes of the Cackling Hen can be imitated wvith startling fidelity by a good player. It is not easy to procure a good fet of ...

... NOTES FOR NATURaL N-OTES FOR NATURALISTS. A YRUIT PEST. The golden moth of Australia has been very wi.ckse recently, and the House of Assembly has appointed a Select Committee to make inquiry into its conduct. Apple and pear trees appear to be the favourite ...

... hence called the KagmchaL There are barrels in imitation of an organ, within the body of the tiger, and row of key* of natural notes. The sounds produced the organ are intended to resemble the cries of person in distreu, iatermiaed with tlie horrid roar ...

... Gardeners' Olricle states that among the singing birds in his garden and shrubbery is a blackbird, which, in addition to his natural note, repeatedly ends his song by crowing Uke a bantam cooke-A recent order of the Kwng of ru that clergymen swho preach against ...