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taking care to expel the globules of air; this bladder must be 

 bound on with tape in a similar manner to the former one, and 

 the preparation set by for a fortnight to dry and harden ; the 

 tape may then be removed ; the edges of the bladder cut 

 level round, and the top painted, first with black paint, and 

 then with black varnish. It should not be attempted to cut 

 the bladder level round the neck of the bottle earlier than is 

 here recommended ; for if it be cut at first, the edges of the 

 bladder are apt not to adhere closely : the bladder below the 

 line, where it is cut round, will easily be removed from the 

 bottle with a knife and a little warm waters ioiiinncpTq iiiitf?, 



In putting up dried animal preparations, when spirit of 

 turpentine is used, the same process must be pursued,- but, 

 instead of the white paint, very thick gum must be used, 

 which, being insoluble in turpentine, effectually prevents its 

 evaporation, -grinf* yd bsbnor^ug od lavyn biuotk nohntm 

 Whenever I have employed the method above recommended, 

 my preparations have never evaporated. I have many by me 

 which have been closed for many years, and yet appear now 

 as full as when first put up. — Egerton A. Jennings, F. L. S., 

 Surgeon to the Leamington Charitable Bathing Listitution. 

 Ijetimington Spa, March 27. 1833. w biuiHi 



Are Flamingoes ever seen in the long Range of Coast inter- 

 mediate between the Rhone and the Guadalquivir ? — Sir, As 

 some, perhaps many, of your readers are not aware how com- 

 mon that beautiful and curious bird the flamingo is in some 

 parts of Europe, not far from us, I beg leave to say, that, in 

 travelling through Spain some few years ago, it happened that 

 I was at Cadiz in the month of February ; and, leaving my 

 hotel, one morning, I was greatly astonished to see a man with 

 a pole across his shoulders, to which were affixed six flamin- 

 goes, their long necks twisted into a noose, by which they dangled 

 on the pole ; similar to the way in which rabbits are carried 

 about London ; I hailed my unexpected friend with the long 

 necks, and bought a full-grown one for, I think, about the value 

 of half a crown. There were two full-grown and fine specimens, 

 and four others in early plumage; but, as they were meant 

 for the pot more than for the museum, the plumage was so much 

 disfigured that I could do nothing with my specimen, more 

 than to return with it in a kind of triumph to the hotel, to have 

 so fine a bird in my hands, and to order it to be dressed for my 

 dinner. This was done; and it proved a very bad dish, as, no 

 doubt, any one would anticipate. On mentioning this, subject 

 to some gentlemen resident at Cadiz, they told me that these 

 birds were far from being uncommon at that season of the year, 

 but only at that season ; and that they were brought from the 



