An Australian Example.
In England, where excessive multiplication of anything is rare, we do not experience the plagues, as they may be called. which are almost commonplaces in some countries : most......
Vanished Animals.
:Years ago I saw an estate book going back a good hundred years, in which the exact head of all vermin was kept, as the keeper—so-called—was given a per capita grant. The items......
A Sanctuary's Record.
On the subject of bree "ng„ the Norfolk and Norwich Society have just issued ( Long, 31 Surrey Street, Norwieh), a very suggestive account of the season, especially in 'the bird......
A. Rosa Misriwroz.
A correspondent sends me a photograph of a large and flourishing bunch of mistletoe growing on a rose bush. It is remarkable that the shoot of the rose always dies above- the......
On December 27th, In The Home Counties, A Sportsman Of
long and wide experience expressed to me his horror at the idea of anyone shooting partridges at that date. The reason, of course, was that he had seen a number of pairs. Now,......
Apropos, Partridges Nested Last Spring In Richmond Park....
there has proved so congenial that some of the birds have multiplied too freely. In the list is the pheasant, and the order went forth that a few must be shot. A small party......
Country Life
To LOCAL NATURALISTS Will the countryman please co-operate ? Zoological authori- ties at Oxford want- information from the annals of the past, as well as.from recent observation......
Roadside Trees.
A considerable controversy is arising over the nature of the trees being used to decorate our new and spacious roads. A' great 'number of specialists on trees have" pooled their......
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