... NATURE NOTES. Experiments have proved that if lab re§ much above or below their accustomed depth in the sea they die from the change of the pressure of the water. FOE VARISTIII. From remote ages the sea has bees peopled with fishes, some of which at a ...

... NATURE NOTES, ammeimmo Liszt .1 Aim& io darkness or ord liglit ono 'EMU* b.losvior, but to kayo oily odo roma as those born wider normal ow idiom Aity can distinguish • poisonous serpent from a one. for a invariably • triangular shaped and • blaut nose ...

... NATURE NOTES. MALAYAN TATIZ. This ie the largest of an th• tapirs. It is blaek and white in colour. It. frequents the dew* forests where water is found, in which it delights to and wallow it the to keep away the flies, also to 1111011 pe its enemies. ...

... NATURE NOTES. TEAT DIMON. _ Tbs giant cranes of India, MEM et tally ski feet in bsight, are queer birds. They mate for life, and, as are -singalarty devoted to each other. Among their peso. that of dancing together is most remarkable. To and fro and up ...

... 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. THE CAMEL CANT SWIM. The camel cannot swim. though it sounds, the moment this animal loam its footing in a stream it turns over, and makes no effort to save itself from drowning. - MISTAKEN FOR BISONS. In the great Arkansas Valley there ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Australia* platypus is of the sleet interesting of all animals. owing to It. possessing physical resemblance to many other creatures. It has fur like a seal and the bill of a deck; it lays eggs, and yet it suckles its young. MI YINTIZATOINS ...

... 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. wwwwwwww. A Ramses Brea, The Whostear, le often cosfueed with two other migratory birth, i$ hin chat aud I. most generally found on cultivated land. For breeding purpose* It scoL:nd, selectotv puiteltle Miestit ci • 1.,1•Lt,w.t0w, ...

... 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. DOG V. MN. A remarkable angling incident is reported to have occurred in the River Weaver Two &11. glerc were flaking no Hunday, and the bait of I.lJ^ nf then was seised by a pollo with such voracity that float, hoe, rod, sad all were dragged ...

... NATURE NOTES. M114./ONS Lim. --- Every known plant is occasionally inhabited by own particular species of aphis. These curious little insects breed with wonderful rapidity, a French naturalist proving that a pair of them will, within six weeks, produce ...