25 FEBRUARY 1938, page 17

Two Robins

Almost every day, during the autumn, it was a common thing to hear the scream of rabbit pursued by stoat. One morning there was a new voice of distress. It became a double......

The Society's Aims Membership Of An International Society...

the only means by which a private person can help in the protection of birds which, like the quail, are menaced by ruthless com- mercial exploitation, and the aims of the......

The Quail Protection Act But Now, Happily, All This, As

far as England is concerned, has been stopped. And the readers of The Spectator have, in a sense, stopped it. At least they have materially helped to stop it. On December zznd......

Country Life

Live Quail The readers of The Spectator have a feather in their caps. On this page, about a year ago, I made an appeal for support for the International Committee of Bird......

The Morning Chorus

How early in the year does the morning chorus of bird-song begin ? The magnificent tuning up of the bird orchestra, so exhilarating in full spring, seems to have nothing to do......

The Planting Of Conifers

Those who have so energetically opposed the planting of conifers in Lakeland and in other districts already rich in natural beauty may like to hear of one district, at least,......

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A Catalogue for Epicures I have never felt impelled to review a gardening catalogue until confronted with Bunyard's Vegetables for Epicures. This twenty-page booklet issued by......