—. Tit. Alauda pratensis, Lin. 
Wagiail, White. Motacilla alba, Lin. 
bers. 
; Yellow. Motacilla flava, Lin. 
Redstart, Motacilla Pheenicurius, Lin. 
i autumn 
1308.] Cure of a confirmed Cataract. 435 
_ Chaffinch. Fringilla celebs, Lin. Plenty. rider (iN 
Brambling. Fringilla montitringilla, Lin, Sometimes in hard winters. 
House Sparrow. Fringilla domestica, Lin. . -Numerous. 
Linnet. Linavia, Henfling, Schofzling, &c. Gesner. Frequent. ; 
——-, Redheaded. Fringilla cannabina, Lin.’ Very frequent. 
Lark, Sky. Alauda arvensis, Lin. Numerous. age Py 
ao, Wood, Alauda arborea, Lin. Not in great numbers. * 
Frequent. : 
Very common. Inautumn in num¢ 
Frequent. . 
I never saw but one, a female, late in 
Redbreast, Robin,- Motacilla rubecula, Lin. Very common, 
Black-cap. Mortacilla atricapilla, Lin, Frequent. 
Hedge Sparrow. Motacilla Modularis, Lin. Frequent. 
‘Wren, ape 
ellow. 
? 
Common. » Motacilla troglodytes, Lin. 
Motacilla trochilus, Lin. 
Very common. 
I never saw but one. 
—_ , Golden-crested. Motacilla regulus, Lin. Frequentin hard winters, 
Sedge-bird. Reed Sparrow. Motacilla salicaria, Lin. Scarce. 
Wheat-ear. Motacilla enanthe, Lin. Very common. 
Whin-chat. Motacilla‘rubetra, Lin. Frequent. 
Stone-chatter. Motacilla rubriola, Lin. Frequent. 
White-throat. » Motacilla sylvia, Lin. | Frequent. 
Titmouse, Great. Parus major. Gesner. iy 
— ' Blue. Parus ceruleus. Gesner. 
— A Cole. Parus ater. Lin. Frequent. 
: Marsh. VParus palustris. Gesner. ee, 
Long-tailed. Parus caudatus. Gesner. ”- 
Swallow, ‘Chimney. Hirundo rustica, Lin. Frequent. ; 
Martin. Hirundo urbica, Lin. Not plenty. 
ee Sand. Hirundo riparia, Lin, Searce. 
Swift. Hirundo apus, Lin, Plenty. 
Goat-sucker, Caprimulgus Europeus, Lin. Frequent. 
(Lo be continued.) 
ee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
, SiR, 
AWvcs expressed a wish to be inform- 
; ed of a recent case of blindness, 
which, though not uncommon, may be 
useful in being more generally known, 
Tt may. be chearing information to the 
domestic circle of some of your readers, 
who are experiencing the melancholy in- 
firmity of a decaying sight, occasioned 
by that disorder of the humours in the 
eye, which renders the pupil more and 
more opake, till a thin film seals up the 
_ sight, and becomes what in surgery 1s de- 
 Rominated a confirmed cataract—that they 
have no cause to despair, however far 
‘advanced in age. Such is. the perfection 
to which the operation of extracting 
the cataract has been carried in recent 
times, and such is the exquisite skill 
and touch of the hand of the dexterous 
-oculist. 
' About two years ago, a great oculist 
extracted the cataract from one eye of the 
» ‘father of the present writer; the patient, 
of a hale and/sound constitution, was 
, * Montury Magc., No. 178. 
verging towards his eightieth year. He 
saw after the operation; no unusual case 
even when, as in the present, inflamma- 
tion followed, and all vision became ex- 
tinct. How this happened, whether 
from the want of steadiness in the hand 
of the veteran operator, or from a want 
of prudence in performing the operas 
tion at a distance from the metropolis, 
and himself permitting the attendance of 
a medical man, may perhaps be under- 
stood by some, who can trace the present 
appearance of that eye. This circum~ 
stance is mentioned as a caution, that no 
other person than the oculist himself be 
suffered to interfere; and that the ope- 
ration may not be done at an inconveni~ 
ent distance, so that the progress of the 
eye may be sedulously watched. 
It was therefore with abated courage, 
and failing hope, that the patient ven- 
tured to undergo the same ojmeration on 
-his single eye, which was now closed in 
utter darkness. It succeeded! At the 
fourth day he distinguished the minutes 
ona ry eee and could «ead. sinall 
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