Strange Birds And Swallows.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, —In reply to your correspondent's inquiry as to what the Italians do with the swallows they destroy, I can answer at once. They eat......
Trapeze Or Trapse?
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPEcuroft."] Sin, — How words may lose their identity may be curiously illustrated by what would appear to be the growing misuse of the word " trapeze."......
(to The Editor Of Tes " Spectator.") Sir,—i Have Just
read the letter in your issue of the 16th inst. entitled " Strange Birds." Last Tuesday I saw in my rose garden four birds about the size of a missel-thrush, but with light grey......
(to The Editor 07 Tel " Spectator.") Ste, —i Am
afraid that Marlborough must be added to the long list of localities where the scarcity of swallows and martins is to be deplored. Till quite recently every autumn mighty......
Poetry.
THE ANTIC SHRINE. Iv she will not receive me, well, that is to bo borne ; There is basking in sunshine, And the bland comity of the grass ; The lustre of winged beetles- Pearls......
House Martins.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Can your bird-loving readers inform me whether it is usual for house martins to keep a menage h troisl I have watched these little......
An Old Children's Song.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Can any of your readers tell me where to find the follow- ing old song? I heard it years ago when I was working in a children's......
Holy Wells.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sm,—Reading your most interesting article on the "National Trust " has led me to ask you if something could not be done to awaken interest......
A Hint To Housewives.
ITO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."3 Sia,—As - a belated but much interested reader of the series of articles on "Living in a Converted House," I cannot resist the temptation to......
(to The Editor Of The " Spectator.")
Sre,—From the description given of strange birds seen by two correspondents of yours, they are in all probability American robins. These birds are really members of the thrush......
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