11 MAY 1934, Page 15

It seldom happens that spring gallops to maturity quite so

quickly as this year. It was very late, and -is no longer late. One result is that the flowers of several months are blossom- ing simultaneously. The migrant birds, too--or some of them —have come with a rush. The number of cuckoos is abnormal. I see several daily as well as hear many day and night ; and the nightingales are in splendid song in their old haunts. •

W. BEACH THOMAS.