27 JULY 1934, page 15

What Bird ?

A very strange bird is abroad in Hertfordshire. Several good observers have watched it closely, and no one has any idea of its style and title. It is about the size of a jay and......

The Lure Of An Owl As Strange A Device As

ever was borne by a banner has just been introduced into England. It is a habit of gamekeepers in Czecho-Slovakia, the paradise of the partridge, to keep a pair or two of eagle......

Country Life

Saved ! Few men have been so roundly abused (by urban critics) or done so much good to England as the country landowners. They vary, and the demand for feudal deference is not......

Land-saving Trees Our Eyes Might Well Be Turned To...

for another reason than a longshore strike, though the reason is also longshore. One of the little promontories on the coast there is a locus classicus for the work of trees in......

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The Greedy Squirrel A similar plea cannot perhaps be made on behalf of imported harpies, such as the little owl and the grey squirrel, though both are attractive. An astonishing......

A Various Diet

The grey squirrel, as we all know, is almost omnivorous ; but its fondness for grain has been little noticed in England. It was certainly not known by the Duke of Bedford when......

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An Afforestation Scheme It does not, I imagine, give away any secret to say that conversations, if not negotiations, are proceeding between politicians (or should I say......