12 JULY 1919, page 12

Ireland And Bohemia.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, In your issue of June 14th you dismiss curtly the Austrian claim that those parts of Bohemia which are inhabited by a dense German......

Keepers And Rare Birds.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—"Loosestrife " writes to you about keepers and rare birds. What affection has he for sparrowhawks and cormorants? A sparrowhawk kills......

The Wesleyan Conference.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upoii-Tyne has invited the President and members of the Wesleyan Conference, about to meet in that city, to......

" Tellin' Friends." [to The Editor Of The " Spectator.")

SIR,—It is interesting to find that the custom of "tellin' the bees" exists also in the mountainous parts of the Southern States of America—Virginia, Carolina, Alabama, and......

A Rare Bird.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPLCUTOR."3 SIR,—As so many of your readers are bird-lovers, I feel I must write about a very rare bird which I have seen. My son—aged twelve—and I were......

Sir,—your Correspondent "loosestrife " Gives In The...

21st the contents of a keeper's larder which he came across recently somewhere in Berkshire. May I point out that owls are specially protected in this caunty, so the man who......