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Dr. Johnston's Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed. This at all events was the only 

 Melampyrum that I could find, and it was very plentiful in the woods of the Der- 

 ry. As the trivial name pratense is so very uncharacteristic, and the plant is an 

 invariable attendant upon hilly woods, if Dr. Johnston's plant cannot stand as a new 

 species, the name montana substituted for pratense would be advantageous, and 

 prevent those errors to which all botanists are liable, especially if the plant be 

 named from a casual inspection only, in combination with the habitat presumed 

 from the name. 



As I descended the hill through the woody outlets, the magnificent Blorenge 

 mountain, robed in the deepest purple, gleamed at intervals as I caught it through 

 the watery cloud ; and the last tinge of sunset was lost in the rising mists that 

 began to overshadow the romantic valley of the Usk. The Bat and the Eve -jar, 

 issuing from their retreats, passed rapidly among the thick foliage, and I emerged, 

 at last, into a deep hollow-way leading to Abergavenny. * Hypericum dubium, 

 and *Lepidium Smithii, in great profusion, occurred in the fields bordering upon 

 the Derry Wood. 



\ To be continued.] 



REMARKS ON THE PRESENT NOMENCLATURE OF BRITISH 



ORNITHOLOGY, 



WITH A VIEW TO ITS REVISION AND CORRECTION. 



By the Rev. F. Orpen Morris. 

 [Continued from page 160.] 



Before proceeding with my observations on the English nomenclature of our 

 British Birds, I must supply the omission of an exception to the second rule I laid 

 down, with regard to specific names, that is, that " the specific name should ex- 

 press, to the fullest possible extent, the peculiar characteristics of the bird." 

 There are many species named after individuals, either after those who have dis- 

 covered them, or, by those who have done so, in honour of some friend or illustri- 

 ous observer of nature, and their name evidently cannot express any of the cha- 

 racteristics of the species they represent. Now, it is scarcely necessary to stipu- 

 late that such names as these should be only exceptions to the general rule, as the 

 greater portion of animated nature has already received a nomenclature in every 



