27 APRIL 1929, page 14

Gulled Birds.

In my neighbourhood has been chronicled this week a quaint event indicating how easily birds, and the cleverest species of birds. may be gulled by human art. It suggests that......

Pat Arrivals.

A naturalist who now dwells in a country cottage has for years taken exact notes of the arrival of the swallows in her garden. Last year a pair distinguished itself, as was......

Our Historic Villages.

A particular request was broadcast by Mr. Keen asking for information on local vestiges of ancient agriculture and he obtained—perhaps to his surprise—a number of interesting......

A Rural Crisis.

A definite crisis has arrived in the campaign for saving or salving England's scenery. All the societies that concern themselves with this work support the Council for the......

Degenerate Rooxs• Rooks Seem To Be Developing The Habit Of

egg-stealing and are coming to be regarded as little less destructive than the carrion crow. On one estate they are now making a clean sweep of the pheasant's nests. This......

Country Life

VILLAGE CRAFTS. Do you want teazels or cocoa-nut fibre ? a pattern fora bell- pull or fire-irons or lamp or iron gate ? Do you want to know where rushes (Scirpus Lacustris) are......

A Queer Association.

Is the paucity of nesting sites also the cause of an unusual example of co-partnership ? One nest was found with a mixture of partridge and pheasant eggs. It will be amusing to......

A B.b.c. Success.

Intellectual achievements by the English villages have surprised and delighted at least one of the speakers who have broadcast to the rural schools. At the same time a B.B.C.......