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 the top, by .their connection with the sides of the neck, and at 

 the bottom by the lump, it had the appearance, when the hare 

 was standing, as if the lump extended all the length of the 

 pocket ; but, when the hare was in motion, or the lump was 

 subjected to pressure with the hand immediately under the 

 throat, it was evident that the lump was pendulous, and 

 entirely confined to the lower part of the pouch The pouch 

 was rather more than 5 in. long, and about 7 in. in cir- 

 cumference, covered with fur similar in every respect to 

 that on the throat. The lump, which was nourished by large 

 blood-vessels, communicating with it from the neck, presented 

 no appearance of disease ; it resembled the other fleshy parts 

 of the animal, and was not in the least degree callous. From 

 these circumstances, several medical gentlemen to whom I 

 have shown it since I preserved it in spirits, are induced to con- 

 sider it as not cancerous ; I am, however, myself disposed to 

 think, though possessing no surgical knowledge, that it must 

 originally have arisen from a diseased state of some of the 

 glands, and that as the lump so produced increased in size, it 

 became to a certain degree detached, and thus by its own 

 weight produced the pouch which gives the hare this singular 

 appearance. Had the animal been suiFered to live, the pouch 

 must soon have come in contact with the ground, and would 

 probably in a short period have ulcerated, and terminate^ its 

 life. It had every appearance of being an old hare ; the-body 

 appeared to be in a very healthy state, and it would in a short 

 time have had two young ones. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, &c. 



John V. Stewart. 



Art. IV. An Arrangement of the different Species of Falcons 

 found in Great Britain. By T, F. 



Sir,^ 



Some observations and slight omissions of your correspond- 

 ent Z. B., under your article " Retrospective Criticism," 

 (p. 94.), have induced me to offer, to such of your readers as 

 may feel an interest in becoming acquainted with the number 

 of falcons found in their native island, an arrangement of the 

 genus Falco of Linnaeus,, divided into sections according to the 

 system of modern naturalists, and accompanied with a few 

 remarks ; referring such as may wish for further information, 

 to Temminck's Manuel d' Ornithologies and Selby's Blustra- 

 iions of British Ornithology/. 



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