NATURE NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 21 (Supplement)

NATURE NOTES.

THE SPANIEL. •Panlel has a very niky coat and can be distinguished by bis long ear*. He Is Intelligent and affectionate, and as a sporting dog be Is particularly good at same. He Is strung, active powers or Intelligence, a small breed of spaniel was a special farrhlriA, °fr “ T r he r Merry Nonarcb." king hJf r !?ivJ?*i.i t>r Enrland ' these be baa given bis name. —Volla IVewton (it). THE BLUEBELL. raiTid !’,' u '?! 11 „ r or '’*?«’«» " II Is often . r our f.vount© wi:a no»ors and la found In woods and sbadv )I * c ®** Tfl ® five petals Of !be flower are joined together into a beautiful bell it is an especially sweet scented flower. —Agnes Washer vig"). THE SILVER-EYE. The sliver-eye was flrst noticed tn New Zealand tn the year is« 6. its Maori nan? Tauhou. meaning stranger, shows that* ti w “ unknown to the Maoris This little bird had fl <wn all the war from Austrian*, a distance as the crow abo “* a thousand miles, a flight which must have taken iroiu twentv i mi to thirty-six hours, being no small achlev. uient for such a liny bird.--“XpJSi ”* v *‘ —Pat Gordon. the tul tul 15 P°P ul * r ly celled the Parson Bird on account or the two white reader tufta which adorn its throat. This glossv greenish-black songster is round la S parts or the Doiuiuton, and Its powers of sung are well known. It is a great SU' anu can to uugrn lo wblitto rTv“ ÜbUS nf» 11,0 lul l4>! * four or O'*-" plnke b» J nest of flue twigs, ten e 5",22!? 1 ,rum * * !, ° * r ” u, ‘d. and gen?r ? lls a ~ullo« icee for the purV* a cater or berries, insects and honey. —Oliva Beth ell.