3 AUGUST 1929, Page 14

A SQUIRREL'S FOOD.

The rash importation of the little Spanish owl is paralleled by the yet rasher importation of the grey squirrel. It is very widely spread and does incalculable harm, especially to nesting birds. In one charming garden near St. Albans it is chiefly remarkable, not for a morbid appetite, but for its delight in the food we associate with our own squirrels. The owners of the garden rejoice in a walnut tree that bears a good crop year after year. But they do not profit. As soon as the green cases split the grey squirrels descend, and the tree is methodically cleared.