Jan. 7—For many weeks now our Magpie population, both inside and outside the Settlement, have been pottering with their homes (either old or new) in expectation of egg-laying early in the Chinese New Year: now they are working more intensively, for the time is drawing near. After noting the habits of these birds for many years now, I can generally tell at sight whether a nesting pair are old or young: in the latter case the i ill-chosen and the building a young couple arrive each year and try to make a nest: it is seldom -established as a home for reasons which are obvious. While the female is laying the sticks, and arranging the lining (commencing with the mud foundation), the male's icular State on the morning of the central over Mongolia, {China arid south Japan, and slowly winds from the north quadrant ong t the Coast. Fine to cloudy weather in north overcastrover our regions and over the Eastern Sea; local rain around Formosa.
State on the morning of the 9th:—High and steady pressure, North-easterly breeze. rand cold weather. even a foreign garden, appear. so the female can business....but in Jessfeld Park how is a poor inexperienced Magpie to know that will be coming along every few minutes? result is that the male begins to shout, and Mother being busy refuses to budge: Father shouts louder than ever and Anally, in despera-
Probabilities, 430 p.m. yesterday:—Fine to northerly to westerly winds around Shantung, with morning RS Over our regions. Overcast with yesterday morning's issue?
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The international aspect of the matter is now being dealt with by the proper authorities, and in due course a new protest will be St.—Em Mr. and A. Crispin handed to the Japanese Government in Tokyo.
But there is still a local side to the whole
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