. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ablish-ment to unravel it. Onthe fourth day however,the managers assistantwas at work alone whenhis eyes suddenly fell upona crow which picked up aspectacle frame from thetable and flew relief at thediscovery of the thief wasexperienced by how was the stolenproperty to be recovered?It was suggested thatanother spectacle frameshould be placed upon thetable, and arrangementsmade to watch the direc-tion in which the thiefflew away. It proved tobe a happy idea. Thecrow came again to thetable, picke
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ablish-ment to unravel it. Onthe fourth day however,the managers assistantwas at work alone whenhis eyes suddenly fell upona crow which picked up aspectacle frame from thetable and flew relief at thediscovery of the thief wasexperienced by how was the stolenproperty to be recovered?It was suggested thatanother spectacle frameshould be placed upon thetable, and arrangementsmade to watch the direc-tion in which the thiefflew away. It proved tobe a happy idea. Thecrow came again to thetable, picked up theframe, and flew away to add it to theframework of its nest. This was being-constructed, rather artistically for a crow, ina corner of the roof of a building in the samestreet. The assistant of Messrs. Lawrenceand Mayo, after obtaining the necessary per-mission, visited the crows nest, of which hesecured a photograph before applying hishands to it. He found it stuffed with theeighty-four stolen spectacle frames, whichwere all uninjured. Notes and Comments 39. Fnm I 1 lirt II A COW THAT WAS FOSTER MOTHER TO TWO LAMBS. On page 38 is a little photograph (byMiss C. Percival-Wiseman) of^ See!! ^ mother hedgehog and herfamilj of four piglings. Intheir wild state the nest made by theparents is a really wonderful piece of con-struction. Ivy leaves, beech leaves, nettlestems, dead grass, and other vegetable matterare collected together and made into ahome which proves quite impervious toall inclemencies ofweather. A litter ofyoung hedgehogsconsists generally ofabout four, whenfirst born theirspines are white andsoft, but when abouta fortnight old theyoung ones arenearly as spiky astheir mother. Thequills are then brown,sharp, and closely set. the animal world, from the legend ofEomulus and Remus downwards. Astory, which is perfectly true, is told ofa sheep dog who when deprived ofher pups went to the meadow andbrought to her domicile a lamb, whichshe was found suckling. The owner
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