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•on the shores of Greenland, " whence," says Mr. Hewitson, " specimens are 

 brought home by the sailors employed in the Whale fishery." The only egg seen 

 by our author was obtained from one of the Greenland ships. 



The egg of the Osprey {Pandion kalicetus) is beautifully figured on the next 

 plate, as is also that of the Jer Falcon (Falco Islandicus). The former species 

 frequently breeds in Scotland, and Mr. Hewitson has received specimens from Sir 

 William Jardine and Mr. Yarrell. Of the Jer Falcon our author observes : — 



" Two eggs of this rare bird are in the collection of Mr. Yarrell, by whom they have been 

 kindly forwarded to me. They are the only specimens I have heard of, with the exception of one in 

 the museum at Leyden, a drawing of which was, with the greatest kindness, sent me by Professor 

 Temminck, through the instrumentality of Mr. Hoy. 



"The Jer Falcon breeds in rocks, in those countries •which are rendered difficult of access from the 

 severity of their climate. 



" We were not so fortunate as to meet with it in Norway, although we were told that had time 

 permitted, we might have done so, by penetrating, for some days' journey, into that part of the 

 country which was covered with snow." 



The British Oology will close with the next number, with a complete list of 

 subscribers. Those who desire to include their names in this list will therefore 

 do well to forward them without delay. We trust Mr. Hewitson will in time 

 collect a sufficient number of the eggs of rare birds to induce him to publish a 

 supplementary part. 



The British and Foreign Medical Review ; a Quarterly Journal of Practical 

 Medicine and Surgery. Edited by John Forbes, M.D.,F.R.S., and John 

 €onolly, M.D., &c. No. ix. Jan. 1838. London: John Churchill, Princes- 

 Street, Soho. 



This ably-conducted and scientific journal frequently contains notices and 

 reviews of interest to the zoologist and botanist. If we may be allowed to judge 

 by the general appearance of the work, we should pronounce that it has attained 

 the circulation its merits so well deserve. The subjects treated of in the number 

 before us are exceedingly various. 



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Lately published, in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, Animals in Menageries, 

 by William Swainson, Esq. 



It is proposed in future to combine the Magazine of Zoology and Botany with 

 the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, under the title of Annals of Natural 

 History, to be issued monthly. The conductors state that they cannot speak 



