Photo: J. J. \V,:r,l. 



HEDGEHOG DRINKING 



The inter-relations of the Hedgehog are many, for it has a large range of 

 appetite. It often eats insects and their larvae slugs, small snails, and earth- 

 worms. But it occasionally devours a frog, an egg. a nestling, or a newborn 

 leveret. It fights with the adder, but it seems to be immune to the venom. 

 It plays a very useful part in the economy of Nature. 



Photo: F. R. Hinkins & Son. 



A BRACKET FUNGUS GROWING AS A PARASITE ON A 

 BIRCH-TREE 



Fine threads penetrate into the tissue of the tree and absorb 

 nutritive material. Much damage is often done to the tree. 



