like loinesscs intl a pish ititt is Refilled 

 io die Iftwn out Many tat met s have. 



ii, 1/1 I -.ecu thp Itadeers; and Ml 



fUTMglfljJ, Die 



[day* with i 



Mills 



ill Ik 



kc 



luallv 

 :k i>l 

 then 



00£ (fiWW MW 



«, aJttmuKh pcr- 

 Conaequeiitly he 



equipment two 

 If due 10 



lit down- 



Withers r 1 *- - 1 > < several 



trying lo set- them, n 



icaini dial cvftn tb< 

 equipment would kc 



|JKttOW*i oi,l thai ih 

 smell would 4etcd 

 fallen on their paihw 



haps ft»m ttinifs dto 



set np photographic 

 hours hihuv the Badcci 

 come out anil plated 

 Wind 



Al sunset the Iiim Badeei . usually 

 (he hoar, comes lo the eiili.mee and 

 studs the an. Ihen cult-ires lo sit 

 beneath the imitative, no en Id pOfiitilMJ 

 with une lueil unscd it suspicious As 

 successive Hudueis conic up. tl)c\ arc 

 moie relaAed. Ihey stuileh ihenr,el\es. 

 and then play, P.uticularly in snow. 

 Dipyine follows and the soil it then 

 marked with musk, a strong stncllitii; 

 fluid produced by u amis below the (Mb 



hvalenee ul HaOv.e. ptCSCACt aic the 



h. 



nllel i 



well worn paths, pu 

 on brtilied witc femes, tin: 

 tfive toes and claws which a 

 ilnnr areas imy thiny from 

 half a mile ftom the >tf. lit* trunks 

 tipped open tor grubs, the skim ol rab- 

 bits w.lh all llcsh and bones *onc. 

 tow dung turned ovct in ihe se 

 uruhs. and the marks 00 trie trees 

 wheie the BadflPJ su.iuhcs tfl nWIOVC 

 dill (torn Its ilaws 



hood Liiii isl-. ol earthworms, mails, 

 l.onev and wubs liom wasps nets, 

 youim squuiels und piceotis n Umud 



dead butiM tAxm Qlttf Will dljt for 



the Moles. 



Badecrs visd other t«tS. and it amsolu 

 aflci lite occupants have «oue, the;, 

 Uico tollow on by su'iell. Siv.ht tj poor, 

 limited to about twelve feel 



Ihe tunnels widen mlo ellambeis 

 nvci BtTd ieet in diainetci which some- 

 time-, an- situated BP close to tht- sur- 

 face in the fields that the lows break 

 through the. roof The "oven" is it ter- 

 minal ehamber in which the young arc 

 tcred. and it is lined with bedding 

 whieh is thrown oul when the tfiffc 

 are old enough to come up and toin- 

 mcuce usina the latrine, In May the 

 cubs arc allowed out for an hour carry 

 in the evening, and agrim in the car)) 

 morning, when they arc cleaned and 



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be 

 lights 



till Its Ihe ( lib- 



be 



ard. 



- very friendly ^ 

 I for hours, CVt ; 

 iciboggan dowrj ;,. 

 ler, however, tj 

 ut and tht east ,i 



nly 



lar 



>nt Is a 

 debi 



- L, «'llPfr 



hi loxcs nav shine , m , 

 S e nil a nets where the 

 ubs. I .videiiet- ol this i, £ 

 s and dumpings onisiii v ^ 

 enhance, which Backers never lc aVt 



mi, i ihe loxes leave the Badgea cfeji 

 the old beddmn out, leave the cham*, 

 to an lui about thiee weeks, then m 

 in lie-sh beddinj: kabbits may xhav 

 ail enhance will! the Uadgeis but m 



ntvei touched by tkm; however. £ 

 Hadeet seek--, other varrens to .. 

 baby uibbds for food. 



Main old sm hav. existed tot ln.- 

 d .-ds of years. One had (iftjtvtetq 

 L-nltances and may tn occupied hy 

 to three fiunilies. 



Al moic moloiwa's ate being bt! 

 it is sometimes necessary tu move ; 

 iiniTibei ol W[t ol B.^Jcers. Their Usui 

 teat Hon i- to dSi itetpcr if an atiimr 

 U tiiiidc to uct theni out, mil thev cu 

 dip very fa si Dogs .ire sent down •<< 

 dn,e the rtfi.tters rut. but may ft 

 honed by Ihe Hadeen which block Ih 

 U.nnel in two plaers. A Badger, il 

 tiandlt-d. must Ik enbbed by th,- ... 

 and held al arm's lebetb. as the aninia 



Sl't'. V.thet s talk was ilhisttatcd hv 

 Hit ewcllent colout slides; and k 

 leseiveil a hcarly vot^ of thanks foi I,:, 

 most mierevtmg .nd enjoyable lecfun 



Bolanj Group 



W June, mi 

 Mis< Helen A.slori. who was :o? 

 Ltatulated on her tompletion of a fx-ol 

 on Mifi*W« ri.wtx <>' AHStfUtk . iti-.i 

 the second of two .nstrnerional 

 on the meaning of the ;00 mm\ cum 

 monlv used bOtaOtCtl terms, in t*t 

 main groups- those tumute plant path 

 and llnua descriptive of habit of enwin 

 lloweis. Iruits. leaves;, roots and ficnen,! 

 Oukl elear sket. hc< on a blackbeaiJ 

 illustrated the essential dllTvreiK* 

 between teims ttlaleiJ in meanmg .inJ 

 the duplicated sh.-eu. .ontainiui; all th) 

 terms but with no definitions, Tceeivo 

 m.m> annolal.ons h y the Vi memhe- 

 ptc-seftt 



M iai Aso.li fi'tommnniicd a nnmOr 

 of mnsi usefuJ Wwks. tueltidmit (ftflki 



V,r. & Vol fi 



