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cpeated many times in succession, and generally from the top of 6ome lofty Oak, Beech, or Fir tree ; 

 but he has been occasionally observed to sing while on the wing, and from a habit of giving his song 

 both before and during the occurrence of wind and rain, the name of Storm-cock is a well-known 

 appellation for the Missel Thrush. It is also called the Holm Thrush, probably owing to its partia- 

 lity to the Oak, from the top of which this Thrush will sometimes continue to repeat its song for an 

 hour together, and occasionally also has its nest in the Oak — 



" ' The fruitful Olive, and the Platane round ; 

 The carver Holm * ; the Maple seldom inward sound. Spenser. 



" A good botanist has reminded me that the red berries borne by the plant named Butcher's-broom* 

 Huscus aculeatus, which grows on bushy commons, are called Holm-berries; and as the Missel 

 Thrush is a decided feeder on berries generally, it may have acquired the name of Holm Thrush 

 from feeding on the Holm-berry." — p. 181. 



This work proceeds very successfully in every respect. 



British Oology ; being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with Figures 

 of each Species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from Nature : accom- 

 panied by Descriptions of the Materials and Situation of their Nests, Number 

 °f Eggs, &c. By William 0. Hewitson. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Published 

 for the Author, by Currie and Bowman ; W. Edwards, London. No. xxxvi. 

 Jan. 1, 1838. Royal 8vo. 



The first plate in this part is intended to be substituted for the before-pub- 

 lished Plate cxix., some ot the copies having been spoilt in colouring. The next 

 plate contains an excellent figure of the egg of the Dotterel Plover ( Charadrius 

 morinellus). This bird was positively ascertained to breed in some of the higher 

 districts of Cumberland, by Mr. Heysham, in the summer of 1835, as related 

 in the Magazine of Zoology and Botany, in a communication quoted by Mr. 

 Hewiison. The Dotterel, it appears, generally lays four eggs. 



One illustration of that of the Avocet is faithfully represented. The ground- 

 colour of some specimens in the collections of our correspondent, Mr. Allis, and 

 of Mr. Baines, said to belong to this bird, is nearly white, marked with small 

 spots of dark brown and neutral tint. The colour termed " neutral tint" is a 

 mixture of black, blue, and red (commonly Indian-ink, Prussian-blue, and lake), 

 combined in a certain proportion. 



The fine egg of the Great Auk ( Aha impennis) is then figured. This bird has 

 only once been met with on the British coast, and our author's drawing is from a 

 specimen in the rich collection of Mr. Yarbell. 



The egg of the Common Rotch (Mergulus melanoleucos) appears on the same 

 plate. This bird breeds in the bleak and dreary polar regions, and is abundant 



" * The Holm Oak, Querent ilex/ 



