Cuckoos Again One More Word On The Great Cuckoo Controversy
which continues to generate no little heat. The great Fabre (always a charming if not always an accurate guide) wrote of the cuckoo that she "lays her egg on the ground and......
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The Whitewashed Frenchman On the subject of partridges the new research workers seem to be in favour of a revival of the French or red-legged species. Most of us used to be told......
Egg-swallowing Feats - One Of The Most Persistent...
the view that not only the cuckoo but a number of other birds, including warblers, regurgitate. Two observers witnessed a meadow pipit herself "deposit by regurgitation," and......
The Comma The Public Is Taking A Very Effective Hand
in butterfly problems ; and the Union of South Eastern Societies has formed a focus, a pool, rather like the Ornithologist Trust. Insects as a rule are easier to identify and......
Country Life
Late Broods Odd seasons produce odd . phenomena ; and recent seasons have had their due crop. For example, in the first week of August I found a brown linnet sitting on a full......
English Timber
Owners of country property are continually asking o? wondering how they may find a market for felled or fallen timber ; and often receive no satisfactory answer. It is often......
English Bulbs Another Product Coming Into Its Own, Late But
surely, is the English bulb. The Royal Horticultural Society, which has done much to encourage this more or less new and rapidly increasing industry, is to hold an original, and......
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