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doubly emarginated sternum of the Scolopacidce £Snipe family. — Ed.], have 

 ikewise the facicula of the same arched shape, and not anchylosed with the 

 sternal crest, whereas the contrary is the case with the Storks and Herons. 

 These four groups also mutually differ in the number of vertebrae, which in 

 Ardeidae QHeron family. — Ed.] at least, is constant throughout the group. 



I remain, yours truly, 

 North Brixton, Surrey, Edward Blyth. 



Dec. 23, 1837. 



Glossary of Botanical Terms. 



Dear Sir, — Could your Magazine be made the medium of publication of a 

 glossary of scientific terms for Botany ? I am not aware of any published that 

 explains Hooker's terms for the last two volumes of his Flora, containing Mosses, 

 &c. &c, except at the end of Loudon's large work on English and foreign Botany; 

 and who would buy that for the sake of the glossary ? but an excellent botanist 

 informs me that it. is the only published list of the terms now in use. He says 

 he wrote it all out, but my other engagements preclude me from that task. 

 Can you, therefore, get any one to furnish you with a list, or can you inform 

 me if I could procure one, as in Cryptogamia I am quite at a stand-still for 

 want of it. 



I remain, dear Sir, 



Yours respectfully, 

 Woodside, Liverpool, T. B. Hall. 



Bee. 23, 1837. 



QEach number of Maund's Botanist (Groombridge), published monthly, con- 

 tains a portion of a glossary of botanical terms. Nevertheless, if any competent 

 zoologist or botanist who can spare the requisite time, will transmit us a glossary 

 of the technical terms employed in the illustration of the animal and vegetable 

 kingdoms, the pages of The Naturalist will, in compliance with our corres- 

 pondent's request, readily be opened to its insertion. — Ed.] 



Ornithological Notes. 



To the Editor of the Naturalist. 



Sir, — In the fourteenth number of The Naturalist, published in November 

 last, Mr. Salmon inquires, in the Chapter of Criticism ( Vol. II., p. 423), whether 

 the Grey Crow ever builds its nest in this neighbourhood ? I am sorry that, from 

 unforeseen accidents, his question has remained so long unanswered ; nor am I 

 aware how the mistake could have arisen, unless the careless hurry in which I 

 wrote gave rise to that as well as to another slip of the pen to which you have 



