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... NATURE NOTES FOR BENEFITS RECEIVED. Surgical Speculation and Bird Injuries. THIS WEATHER! What will St. Swithin for us this year? A few moments ago we heard a weather report as dismal as dismal could be, but surely it cannot rain much more, and there ...

... Nature Notes. Tour correspondent from Bundoran will find Hermit Crabs plentiful on the shore at Bundoran. Perhaps it is out of place to open old subject, but I read recently in a Canadian paper that the juice of the nettle is used green dye, also “nettle ...

... NATURE NOTES. bird life at the waterwob A visit to the public pond of the uterworks, Antrim Road, is always mg' this season of the \ear, as Teal. Seagull, Mallard, Cormorant, and are to be seen there. The Teals are v ...

... NATURE NOTES. BASKING SHARKS IN IRISH WATERS. Spotted Flycatchers at Castlewellan. POPLAR HAWK MOTH. Apropos the large flsh caught in a net near Torr Head last week are asked If ever in Ireland Basking Sharks (probably the species of the Torr specimen) ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR COMMON BIRDS. The Warblers. We now reach the Sylvida*. or. Warblers, large family confined to the old world, and containing about three hundred species. They are small birds quiet hues, brown, white, and grey being the prevailing colours ...

... Nature Notes. THE HOUSE RAT—THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ANIMAL IN THE WORLD. Some Astounding Figure*. economic loss due t/» Rats is extensive or exact statistics on the subject are available; but estimates of annual Rat damage some countries made previous tb© ...

... NATURE NOTES. EFFECTS OF RECENT BLIZZARD. Nesting Records. With last Bevero blizzard coming season has received severe repulse, February has always been regarded fickl' month, but such things unlocked and uncalled for wh. old. There is little doubt that ...

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... nature notes. Ring Ouzel Appears Ulster. ...

... NATURE NOTES. DEPREDATIONS OF GREENFLY. Attacks on Plant Life in Gardens. IRISH PEAT BOGS. The remark has been made—” only could extirpate the greenfly what gardens we would have ’’—and there is a good deal truth in it. These little creatures are terrors; ...