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been clone by the diligence of two able resident botanists, 

 many further discoveries may still be expected to reward the 

 exertions of the botanical traveller. My acquisitions are 

 these : — 



Eriophorum pubescens 



-Festuca vivlpara 



Galium boreale 



Gentmia verna (April, 1831) 



campestris 



Amarella 

 Primula farinosa 

 Tofieldia palustris 

 Epilobium angustifolium 



fflsinifolium 

 Polygonum vivlparum 

 -(4'rbutus UVa ursi 

 ^axifraga iJirculus (Sept. 1830) 



aizoides 

 jSedum Telephium 

 Arenaria verna 

 ^ubus saxatilis 

 Potentilla alpestris . 



fruticosa 

 Drjas octopetala 



TIiaHctrum majus 



Tilia grandifolia (Rokeby Park) 



Bartsia alpina 



ikfelampyrum sylvaticum 



Hhinanthus major 



^'rabis hirsuta 



Draba incana 



ifypericum dubium 



Listera cordata 



Kobresfa carlcina 



Aspldium Z/onchitis 



Oreopteris 

 ^splenium viride 

 Wo6dsi« ilvensis 

 Lycopodium alpinum 



selaginoides 

 JEquisetum variegatum 

 Gymnostomum 'Donidnum 

 Weissia nigrita 

 Bartramia ithyphylla, &c. 



I have in my possession specimens of the greater part of 

 the above, which, as well as most of the rarities of Durham, 

 Sec, I would gladly exchange for the productions of Norfolk 

 and Kent, or for those of Somersetshire, Devonshire, and 

 Cornwall. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — B. B, B, 1 9. Sandhill, 

 Newcastle upon Tyne, Aug, 15. 1831. 



NORTHUMBERLAND. 



A Flock of Egyptian Geese seen beside the Tweed at Cay ham, 

 — In the course of last week, a flock of these rare birds 

 denominated gansers, or Egyptian geese (^^nas aegyptiaca 

 Lin,), were seen to visit the Tweed at Carham ; two of 

 which were shot, while nibbling grass on the margin of the 

 river, by Ralph Stephenson, gamekeeper. These two, upon 

 examination, were found to bear all the beautiful variegated 

 marks which distinguish the species, more especially the 

 broad deep chestnut-coloured spot on the middle of the breast. 

 This beautiful bird, which was first known in our island about 

 a century ago, is of nearly the size of the common wildgoose. 

 It is a native of Africa, where it is found in a wild state from 

 Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope. It is now found in seve- 

 ral European countries, and frequently kept as an ornament 

 on pieces of water contiguous to gentlemen's seats. One of 

 the birds shot at Carham has been sent to Edinburgh ; the 

 other is in the hands of an ingenious person of the name of 



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