... flight is shown off to perfection when it toys and side-rolls with its fellows as they dispute possession for some bit of garbage. Seen in these untypical surroundings, in the heart of the mountains, it was difficult to resist the impression that the black ...

... increase among deer, particularly moose, which have multiplied and extended their range cl uring the past investigate the garbage bin, but is too much of a gentleman to enter at the open door- fortunately! The little ermine has no such cruples. H e sometimes ...

... people, apparentl y residents of the area, began dispose of their hou eholcl garbage bins, filling them full to overflow- As a consequence to dispose of their hou eholcl garbage in the bins, filling them full to overflowing every day. As a consequence the ...

... magpies, a response by versatile species to man s creation of new niches. Absence of persecution and the rich SUJ?ply of garbage and scraps make towns attracuve to crows. The urban crow is a bolder and more confident bird than his country cousin. Perhaps ...

... sometimes they are impudence. But sometimes they are useful, because, being omniverous, they feed on all sorts of carrion and garbage a nd remove from our homes all kinds of rubbish. Moreover, a lthough they often take the cultivator's harvested grain when ...

... country. The turkey buzzard, a scavenging American vulture, is seen everywhere, and performs a useful service by devouring garbage and putrefying animal matter. It is a repulsive bird when observed at close quarters, but is magnificent in flight, and known ...

... all averse to any offal there may be in the dustbin. A a re ult l can never put the clu tbin out on Sunday night for the garbage truck to collect on Monday morning, for if I do they will always pull the lid off, upset it, and strew whatev r th y cl not ...

... prize. sadly that passage when I see hound puppies gambolling clumsily in the market-place of a country town, picking up all the garbage that they please, and every skin disease to which canine upon the point of training for real work Somervile is great ...

... latter complaint are easily recognisable. Early evidences may be detected by a morbidity of appetite-a desire for picking up all sorts of garbage and unwholesome tbings, such as cinders, earth, stones and filth. The gums may become inflamed, the breath has ...

... aesthetic eye? These are the thoughts that trouble me as I climb off 16.2 hands for the umpteenth time to pick up some unsightly piece of garbage in a favourite place, to take it home. OF COURSE BY no means all the litter-bugs are children. A bicycle wheel ...

... NEOLITHIC GUTTY. A day or two ago I was given a rare anrl valuable present, to wit, one gntty ball. This particular gutty was picked up in the wildest part of Dartmoor. What it was doing there, goodness knows ; possibly Neolitliic man p~:actised LIFE. his ...

... compare prices with those of 80 years ago in a rather different field to books. Last weekend, in my local street market, I picked up a copy of Values of Antiques-Guide for Collectors, Dealers and Auctioneers, published by J. W. Caldicot, a Bath dealer ...