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INCUBATION OP THE EGGS OF THE COMMON FOWL BY AN 



EAGLE. 



A correspondent, to whom we are indebted fcr some useful 

 suggestions, informs us, that u at the Chequers Inn, Uxbridge, 

 Middlesex, may be seen an eagle which has hatched and 

 brought up several broods of the common fowl.' , 



THE HIPPOCAMPUS. 



The Sea-Horse, or Hippocampus, is a small fish belonging 

 to the family Syngnathidce, and the Order called Lopho- 

 branchii by Cuvier; the few genera which constitute that 

 Order differing from other fishes in the form of their gills, 

 which are not disposed in the ordinary manner, like the teeth 

 of a comb, but consist of small tufts arranged in pairs along 

 the branchial arches. These fishes are also remarkable for 

 having the body defended from one end to the other by a kind 

 of armour, composed, for the most part, of quadrangular 

 pieces. The genus Hippocampus differs from the Syngnathi y 

 or Pipe-fishes, by its laterally compressed trunk, and the cur- 

 vature of its tail, which generally takes place after death ; but, 

 like those fishes, the mouth is produced in a tubular form ; 

 and the female has a cavity, analogous to the marsupial pouch 

 of the Opossum and Kangaroo, beneath the tail, in which the 

 eggs are received and hatched. But little is known of the 

 living habits of the Hippocampi, although a species (the Hip- 

 pocampus brevirostris) is occasionally found on our own coasts. 



THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



At the Regent's Park may be seen a living specimen of one 

 of the species of that rare bird, the Indian Hornbill ; and 

 naturalists have now an opportunity of witnessing the ease 

 with which it uses its apparently disproportionate and cum- 

 brous beak. Ornithologists have also the means of advan- 

 tageously comparing together the four Struthious genera, 

 Dromaius, Cassuarius, ll/iea, and Struthio ; these giants of 

 their class being represented by fine and healthy specimens 

 exhibited in different parts of the gardens. 



Amongst the Mammalia we have not noticed any addition 

 of consequence ; but we were gratified on seeing the Brahmin 

 cow and her calf in a healthy and promising condition. 



