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he pointed out, on the outer side of the scapula, the two mammae. An Ostrich's 

 egg, arrived at the full period of incubation, was also curious, where the young 

 bird had half escaped from its shell : it was of large size, and its neck of very- 

 considerable length. He always appeared particularly delighted in mentioning 

 any anecdote connected with occurrences or incidents he had met with in England ; 

 thus he used to speak of the size and value of the Horses employed in the 

 breweries of London, as well as those bred for the turf, or chase, in terms which 

 no doubt excited the surprise, and perhaps even the unbelief, of many of his 

 hearers. 



On the subject of the Turtle, he gave some account of its excellencies with 

 respect to the table, saying that when he was in England he had seen whole 

 courses served up in various forms and dishes, adding, at the same time, that the 

 dessert consisted entirely of Turtle, casting an apparently longing eye on the 

 shell before him, as if he still remembered the bygone repast ! ! 



On the subject of Cocks, he gave an account of their fighting in England, 

 exhibiting to his class a pair of steel spurs, as used by them in their battles. 

 Of the Flamingo* he had never seen a single specimen, though at one of the 

 museums at Oxford he was shown a dried leg and foot. 



Blumenbach's lectures were by far the most interesting of any I attended at 

 Gottingen. He exhibited, one day, a machine for hatching eggs, which he had 

 frequently used, and which only required the heat of a spirit-lamp, and constant 

 attention to keep all in order. 



OBITUARY. 



Mr. Joseph Standish, one of our oldest and most successful collectors of 

 Lepidoptera, lately died at Camberwell, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 

 He was formerly in business as a stationer, and resided under the Royal Ex- 

 change, but had for many years been living independent of trade. He was a 

 close observer of the economy of Lepidoptera ; he made an immense number 

 of drawings of larvse in all their stages, and these, as well as others of the perfect 

 insect, were executed with much fidelity and beauty. — 'Entomological Magazine, 

 July, 1837. QWe believe Mr. Standish coloured a considerable portion of the 

 illustrations in Hewitson's British Oology. — Ed. Nat.^ 



* The Dodo, and not the Flamingo, is here alluded to.— Ed, Nat. 



