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not half exhausted the errors with which this catalogue teems ; and 

 as to the English names, they are too bad to come within the pale 

 of criticism : and I finally arrive at the same conclusion as the re- 

 viewer, when he states that the Guide " would have been very ser- 

 viceable in supplying a series of labels for an ornithological collec- 

 tion, had not the sins of commission which it exhibits been so nu- 

 merous and glaring as greatly to impair^ if not utterly destroy, its 

 utility for such purpose."* 



CHARLES THOROLD WOOD. 



Sudbury Hall, May 10, 1836. 



[Mr. Neville Wood, in his preface to The British Song Birds, very justly 

 observes — " No work treating of our ornithology, hitherto published, has 

 been without its due share of errors and defects ;" and further remarks — 

 " There is no more advantageous mode of improving our knowledge in this, 

 and other departments of that delightful science, to which we ought all to 

 pay more or less attention, than a correspondence between naturalists resid- 

 ing in distant parts of the country." A concurrence in these observations 

 has induced us to prolong this discussion by inserting the above communi- 

 cation — Ed.] 



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BIRMINGHAM ROYAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND 

 SURGERY. 



The great utility of an Institution of this nature, in the centre of 

 so important and populous a district, is daily becoming more mani- 

 fest ; and the high estimation in which the School is now held by 

 the medical profession in the metropolis, must be extremely gratify- 

 ing to all who take an interest in its progressive improvement. 



The examination of the different classes for the Prize Medals, 

 took place on the 12th of May, in the presence of the governors and 

 friends of the Institution, and was conducted by Dr. Quain, of Lon- 

 don ; Dr. Conolly, of Warwick ; Dr. Thomson, of Stratford ; and 

 Dr. Melson, of Birmingham. The successful candidates were — 



Anatomy — First silver medal, Mr. T. C. Roden, Kidderminster; second 



silver medal, Mr. John Bagnall, Smetbwick. 

 Materia Medica — First silver medal, Mr. A. Martin, Birmingham ; second 



silver medal, Mr. T. Fletcher, Team, Staffordshire. 

 Chemistry — First silver medal, Mr. T. Welch, Kidderminster ; second silver 



medal, Mr. C. Somerville, Stafford. 



• In our literary notices an Ornithological Guide is announced. 



