2 JANUARY 1932, page 18

It Is A Curious Coincidence That At The Time When

we are organizing a wholesale destruction of the grey squirrel, the people of Boston are trying to save it. The squirrels on Boston Common are in hundreds ; and many were found......

Among Many Instances Of A Bird's Absence Of Fear Of

men a soldier (who possesses a marvellous store of personal obser- vation) has two instances of birds seeking protection among his men. In the barrack square at Athlone, where......

* * * * Legitimate Traps.

One sort of trapping is practised much more in America than in any country, especially by the students of bird migra- tion. Instead of ringing nestlings, though this also is......

Cincus Animus.

This year's circus at Olympia has many domestic and few wild animals, a selection that will rejoice some critics. Watching the dogs playing a sort of football with bladders I......

Some Years Ago In The Park Of A Country House

ditches and ladders of a sort were substituted for gates to the great convenience of all concerned. The device is simple and effective. This girder-like bridge with rungs in......

The Virtues Of Tar.

Now that the appropriate season has come for winter spraying of our fruit trees, to the end of the destruction not only of fly and moth and fungus, but of the dirty crevices in......

Country Life

MORE 'MILE. The more one looks into this question of milk as the foundation of national health, the more one is struck by the coincidence of advantages that accompany its use.......