31 MAY 1930, page 17

Birds In London.

Bird sanctuaries in and about London are small in scale compared with such National Parks, but their richness is an ever fresh marvel. No fewer than 08 species nested last year......

The Duke's Vain Plea Has Become Poignant By Reason Of

the advertised sale of the very eye of the Montrose estates. They are not only historic : their history is bound up in- extricably with their owner's name and interest. They are......

Country Life

A SCOTTISH TRAGEDY. For some little while the Duke of Montrose, writing in the Countryman and elsewhere, has made himself the spokesman of a scheme that brings two extreme......

The C.p.r.e. Pamphlet Is Compacted Of Suggestive Ideas,...

of hard thinking and long study ; and as such is inde- pendent of locality. It should be in the hands, and heads, of all municipal authorities. But I cannot forbear em-......

National Parks.

It is just possible that a part of these estates may be bought as a memorial to Walter Scott and thereafter, if it may be, serve as a National Park. The neighbourhood of Glas-......

Of Course, The C.p.r.e.' Is Not The C.p.r.b. : England

does not include Scotland ; and yet in considering this question in its widest aspect there' are regions of Scotland which have qualities for a great national park not possessed......

Farmers And Landowners.

It is, I think, worth notice, though by no means surprising, that the chief lamentation ' for the break-up of this great historic estate (which we may soon see repeated in the......