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fossil //uciscus oeningensis? with the vertebral column of 

 another fish in the abdomen, Hepatus maculatus, Squilla, 

 Mantis, Phorus agglutinans. A copy with the figures co- 

 loured, and one with them uncoloured, have been seen. The 

 sight of them has been a treat. 



Ei/ton, T. C, Esq. : A History of the Rarer Species of British 

 Birds ; illustrated with Woodcuts. Intended as a Supple- 

 ment to the History of British Birds, by the late Thomas 

 Bewick. To be completed in three monthly parts. Part 

 I. 3s. 6d. 



The Egyptian vulture, red-legged falcon, blue-throated 

 redstart, Alpine accentor, fire-crested wren, shore lark, white- 

 bellied swift, mealy redpole, white-winged crossbill, Virginian 

 cuckoo, wood pigeon, migratory pigeon, black stork, red- 

 breasted snipe, buff-breasted sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, 

 Temminck's sandpiper, are the names of the species described 

 and figured in Part I. 



Hewitson, W. C. : British Oology ; being Illustrations of the 

 Eggs of British Birds, accompanied by letter-press. Nos. 

 XXIII. and XXIV. 



A double number has been issued for November, which 

 completes volume 2d. The eggs of the red ptarmigan (La- 

 gopus britannicus) are especially beautiful ; nor are those of 

 the nightingale, the redbreast, the grebes, the linnet, the 

 curlew, the crow, &c, less worthy of commendation. The 

 author has followed the advice given in this Magazine (V. 

 p. 699.) of requesting correspondents to furnish him with 

 information, which will be published at the conclusion in the 

 form of a supplement. We particularly wish to direct atten- 

 tion to the list of desiderata, some of which, as those of the 

 shingle plover (Pluvialis cantanius), we should suppose it 

 not very difficult to obtain. We reckon full three hundred 

 birds as British ; Mr. Hewitson has figured the eggs of nearly 

 half this number. — S. D. W. Nov. 3. 1885. 



The 25th Number of this work has been published. 



Baxter's Illustrations of the Genera of British Flowering 

 Plants. 



No. 40., published Nov. Incompletes vol. 2d., even to the 

 indexes, title page, and dedication. The author has announced 

 that the price of the future numbers will be raised, as " the 

 work has not nearly paid the actual expenses." It is to be 

 hoped that the subscribers will respond to the author's hope, 



