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...Frisch reported that when one of Yugoslavia's Carniolan bees does her "wagtail dance." shaking her abdomen while walking a figure eight, it means that food is more than 300 ft. away. When an Italian bee does the same step, it means that the pollen is more than 250 ft. away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Honeyed Words | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...flats, monkeys in the East End and dogs everywhere. One of the proudest days in Ornithologist Neville Chamberlain's life was when, during one of his customary early morning bird-watching walks with his wife in St. James's Park, he spotted a rare, migratory, dark-pied wagtail duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Animal Raid Precautions | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...financial policy. Over Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain's signature a letter appeared in the London Times, and the country devoured it eagerly. Excerpts: "It may be of interest to record that in walking through St. James's Park today I noticed a grey wagtail. . . . Probably the occurrence of this bird in the heart of London has been recorded before, but I have not myself previously noted it in the Park. P.S. . . . I mean a grey wagtail and not a pied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Courageous Retreat | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

...South West, an Englishman, H. D. Chandler '06Captain Knott, U. S. Navy, A. M. Harlow '07Ras El Nianar, the Prophet, J. J. Rowe '07Slave, A. G. Grant '07Ab Dar Rhamam, head of the Army, H. W. Nichols '07Sally, an English girl, B. L. Young '07Fanchetta, H. B. Sawyer '06Blue Wagtail Birds, R. S. Townsend '07 E. J. Fraser-Campbell '06Quartet, Murderers, Populace, Sailors, Coons, Harem

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. UNDERGRADUATE NIGHT | 4/2/1906 | See Source »

...Rhainam, Head of the Army, H. W. Nichols '07 Guiko, the Jester, R. M. Poor '06 Captain Knot, U. S. Cruiser Stripes, A. M. Harlow '07 Slave, A. G. Grant '07 Sally, an English girl, B. L. Young '07 Fanchetta, an Arab girl, H. B. Sawyer '06 Blue Wagtail Birds, R. S. Townsend '07 E. J. Fraser-Campbell '06 Murderers, Harem, Guards, Sailors, and Populace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot and Cast of H. P. C. Play | 3/19/1906 | See Source »

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