... NATURE NOTES Although the seal spends its life in and under the water, it s an air-breathing ammal, and cannot hive for any logth of tme without aw, says St Nicholas' Magazine . As winter spreads 3-:4- of wOO over the fast fawzing Arcise Sea. the =al ...

... NATURE NOTES, ABOUT THE NIGHT HAWK. ‘The night hawk, or bullbat (chordeiles vir- A , i a bird whih peither atiracts attemtion the beauty of ils piumage nor the sweetness of its song. It s most often seen soaring high in air in the afterncon or early evenicg ...

... NATURE NOTES. SOME INTERESTING INSECTS. The sctivity of mamy of the water (sects is astonishing. B-nh-kr in Almost iDcessanrt mOton, thewe which spend most ofs their time below water have gemerally to come up constamtly to breathe. Sach are the water-bugs ...

... SEARCHLIGHTS ON LAND LABOUR, AND SOCIAL NATURE NOTES ABOUT FLAMINGOES. There about ssven species of flamingoss, but ud‘;‘-mzhi—l‘:w—u.-fll state, at least hewght fainingo & about five feet. Hh“—dmm 3“!—;‘&“'&!“”0’“ —_— soy s g oy o Jum e | Author of ...

... A Cat Goes Fishing. Inthe current pamber of Nature Notes is o littlo narretive estitled “ A Strange Poacher,” which tells how & eat which lived on the banks of ooe of the feoders of Loch Leven devaloped habite of noctarnal posching which would bave done ...

... Eeonomy of Human Life” may be found in your Library.” The cutiing referred 1o read as h-lfom:— You frequently print ** Nature Notes” in “Table Talk ” (writes J. T., Walsden, Todmorden), and § herewith send you one of a different class Mr, John Williamson ...