Country Life
A. DOG'S SENSES. A spaniel puppy in my garden distinguished himself the other day by an unmistakable interest in the scent of a bush of ribes or wild currant. As he passed it,......
" Keepers " And Traps.
It is remarkable, and it is a good sign, that some of the best criticism on the inhumanity of trapping comes from keepers. " Keeper " seems to some a satirical title for men......
If Any One Week Or Day Of The English Year
is more lovely than any other it is now, when the leaf is breaking on late- flowering trees and the blossom anticipates the leaf on early- flowering trees. To take just one or......
. This Is, With Some Omissions, What He Writes :
" With reference to the article in the Spectator of March 24th, 1928, I can say nothing in favour of the use of the steel trap for catching rabbits, but I know of no other means......
New Sanctuaries.
. Happily our sanctuaries are growing very fast, and some of the newest are peculiarly interesting. One is Skokholm, a queer but not unattractive island off the mouth of Milford......
Our Egyptian Birds.
A special effort is being made to save the lives of the warblers, especially wheatears, redstarts, swallows and quail, that are now limed and netted in great quantity on the......
The Scent Of Leaves.
Personally I am inclined to believe that dogs can smell leaves, if not flowers. With what fussy precision spaniels, which are particularly addicted to eating grass, will select......
Bird Watchers.
Both the mainland and the islands of South Wales—novp being furnished not only with sanctuaries, but with bird watchers and bird perches at the lighthouses—attract rare birds ;......
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