PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.

My 2, 3, 4, 7, 6 = pungent.
My 1, 9, 16 = to taste.
My 12, 11, 14, 10 = mists.
My 8, 5, 15 = an Egyptian notable.
My 6, 7, 13, 17 = food.

My whole is a bird.

GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.

T
he initials form the name of an island at the entrance of the Baltic Sea.

1. A lake in Switzerland.
2. A river in Spain.
3. A river in Italy.
4. The capital of a country in Europe.
5. Some mountains in Europe.
6. A river in Africa.
7. A river in Turkey.

M. A. Ward.
(Aged 10½.)

54, Southfield Square, Bradford, Yorks.

MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.

T
he following is a verse from one of Tom Hood's poems:—