Strange Freak Of A Blackbird.

[To TEE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—The following uncommon, if not unique, incident came under my observation this week. A pair of thrushes have built a nest in the ivy......

Woodcocks And Their Young.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I believe the fact of woodcocks carrying their young when small to feeding grounds is so well authenticated as to hardly be worth......

Mr. Handel Booth And Sir John Ramsden.. [to The Editor

OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I thank you for the frank way in which you have with- drawn the assertion that I attacked Sir John Ramsden ; but your note and other circumstances......

Frogs In High Altitudes.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — Last month, when crossing a snowfield on the top of one of the Perthshire Hills to the east of Loch Turret, I came on a large frog......

An Early Bat. [to The Editor Of The "spectator." I

SIR, — On April 8th, at 3.20 p.m., in a cold north (or north- east) wind and bright sunshine, a pipistrelle bat flew over the flower walk in Kensington Gardens. — I am, Sir,......

Concerning Fairy Tales.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] have suffered—doubtless you too; indeed who has not, either as a child or a "grown-up" P—from the form of entertainment known as a......

Mock Sun.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — After three days of glorious sunshine we were driving home, at about half-past seven, from the mountain lake of Cwm Buchan towards......