634 lire's Dictionary. 



of naturalists both at home and abroad, has rendered him con- 

 versant with the condition of zoological science up to the 

 latest period, there are abundant indications of considerable 

 personal research, united with the most accurate and careful 

 observation. 



Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. — Part II. 

 — Dr. Andrew Ure. — The contents of the present part relate 

 almost entirely to the arts and manufactures. The subjects 

 of the prominent articles axe— Bleaching, Bread, Brick, But- 

 ton-Manufacture, and Calico-Printing . 



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS. 



The Pied Fly-Catcher — In my * List of Devonshire Birds, 

 (Vol. i. n. s. p. 176), I stated that the pied fly-catcher (Mus- 

 cicapa atricapilla) was scarce in the county; its rarity still 

 continues, but I have to inform you that we have this sum- 

 mer obtained one specimen, a male, which was shot at Mount 

 Edgecumbe, April 29th, by a young man named Tucker, and 

 it is now in Bolitho's collection at Devonport. It appeared 

 to have but just arrived, and its pretty plumage attracted the 

 notice of the game-keeper, which led to its destruction. — E. 

 Moore. — Plymouth, September 29th, 1838. 



Northern Diver. — The northern diver {Colymbus glacialis), 

 I observed in my list, was seldom seen here in mature plum- 

 age : we have this season been able to obtain one specimen, 

 which was shot near Plymouth last February, and is now in 

 Drew's collection. — Id. 



Secale cornutum. — In several parts of Germany, the wet- 

 ness of this summer has caused such an extensive production 

 of those degenerated grains of the rye [Secale cereale) known 

 by the name of Secale cornutum [Spermoedia Clavus, Fries), 

 that regulations have been issued directing the corn-growers 

 to purify their rye before it is brought to market ; the millers 

 are threatened with penalties if they grind rye much adulte- 

 rated with that injurious substance, and the bakers are made 

 answerable for such poisonous qualities as may be given by 

 it to the flour which they use. — W. Weissenborn. 



In assigning a reason last month (page 566) for not inserting Dr. 

 Drummond's corrections in his first paper on Irish Entozoa, we quite 

 unintentionally expressed ourselves in a manner that left room for sup- 

 posing there had been some neglect on his part. The cause of the 

 omission originated in our having miscalculated the time required to 

 convey the mail between London and Belfast, and not in Dr. Drum- 

 mond's detention of his article for the purpose of correction ; as the 

 proof sheet was put into the Belfast post-office (for London) within an 

 hour after it was in his possession. — Ed. 



