... NATURE NOTES. As BAD MI AN On a Plymouth Rock fowl at Charlton, Kent, being kilhe4 Ulm folic ordinary collection wag fd :boat twenty pieces of gls, one ill one tin-tack, e OD• and • screw, one bone collar-stud, one and • inch copper rivet, one shirt button ...

... NATURE NOTES. 111R08 IN THE ARCTIC Sinaing birds have =I in numerousi quantities by explorers white the Arctic circle. The crops ot berries that ripen in the northern swamps account for the presence of the birds. THE USEFUL DONKEY. . • The donkey, nest ...

... NATURE NOTES. leafy Juse the cuckoo changes its and alternating with this COMM the the cock pheasant from the fir-wood, the swallows skim over the meadows, there is insect life in abundance; and the .a•adow pipit or titlark loves to run up, in its short ...

... NATURE NOTES. Avow BUOIT When building nests birds. almost exception, avoid bright - coloured materials, which might possibly lead to the discovery al their place of abode by aa enemy. • Nsw HI•D. The snail a great advantage over nearly all - living creatures ...

... NATURE NOTES. The crew of the steamer Syria recently captured a shark in the Sue: Canal. When the was opened they were horrified to a man's head, three straw two fowls, and a large quantity of bones. The shark, 14ft. long, weighed 8001 b. • - --- In some ...

... NATURE NOTES. IN HARD Oae of the Brat lessons the young naturalist ha• to learn is the great adaptability of all living things. It • bird Or boast could only exist on in., tort of food it would fare badly in time of (amine. The gull, for instance, is ...

... NATURE NOTES. OUR FEATHERED VISITORS. Sir Herbert Maxwell bu pointed out that Greet Brittle, despite its dense population, contains • larger bird population than any country in Europe in proportion ter its area. From about the middle of March until the ...

... NATURE NOTES:* A NATVRAL The palm has the largest haves of any tree. The Inaja palm of the Amazon country has leaves which reach • length of from thirty to fifty feet, and • breadth of from ten to twelve feet. The leaves of the Talipot palm of Ceylon ...

... NATURE NOTES. 1 A Witrrn BLacionto. I walhing from Bumbling Bridge to Dollar with a friend, and shortly after pow - lag the entrance to Cowden Howie, on the main road from Mucked to Dollar, I a corripipondent of the Glasgow Hera our attention ...

... NATURE NOTES. Do NOT Snio We= Birds, with the exception cid the and woodlark, do not sing in their Bight. SNALLBST Mil. - The Greenland birch is the tree ia the world. It is generally only a few inches high, but its branches cover • radius of two or three ...

... NATURE NOTES. Wertaitszs. The whiskers of cats are very sensitive, enabling the animals, when seizing their prey in the dark, to feel its position more acutely. These hairl are supplied, through their roots, with branches of the same nerves that give ...

... NATURE NOTES. VO MORE . B7EL TRAPS.. through the intervention of His Majesty, no ore traps are to be set in Richmond Park. .eceotly a correspondence setting forth the melt, attending the catching of rabbas by of such applianoes led the local Society for ...