28 JULY 1939, page 18

The Annual Tale It Is To Be Hoped That The

most excellent Naturalist? Calendar will again be published. Meanwhile the Committee has just published its fifth annual memorandum, which may be had from Miss Barclay Smith,......

The English Bee Some Of The Experts In Bee-keeping Desire

to discover an old English bee or two. Different varieties of bee have different qualities. The fashion for the Italian bee has prevailed in some strength for a good many years,......

International Migrants

Good work is going on, thanks chiefly to this International Committee, in Europe as well as in the Americas and the West Indies. We have just passed a protective Act for duck......

In The Garden

It is the season for the shears. The majority of flowering shrubs are best pruned after flowering, and it is imperative to deal with many of the hedges, especially the most......

Birds As Peace Makers

Some pleasant and valuable co-operation among workers in many nations goes smoothly on, whatever the political tension. Among such good companions are a group of naturalists—......

Shetland Ponies One Of The Very Best Of Our Artists

in the realm of birds, Mr. A. W. Seaby, has been turning his attention of late to four-legged animals. He follows in the steps of Millais, who discovered a genius for depicting......

Country Life

"More Light" A lament reaches me from a small and rather isolated village in Essex concerning the absence of light. The electric com- pany refuses altogether to bring......