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ZOOLOGY OF SCOTLAND. 



The number of vermin killed by Richard Burniston, the 

 (Tamekeeper to Lord Gwydyr, on the district of Callander, 

 Perthshire, from December 1823 to December lS2i, gives 

 us a good idea of this branch of natural history on the High- 

 land Border:— 4 foxes, 1 otter, 9 badgers, 29 martin cats, 

 11 wild cats, 22 pole cats, 1 stoat, 2 weasels, 12 hedgehogs, 

 61 house cats, 111 gledesj 105 ravens, 22 hawks, 136 hooded 

 crows, 2 owls, 3 daws, 31 magpies, 1 1 jays. The above quan- 

 tity, 573 head, were killed with traps precisely in one year. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To William FrancisSnowden.of Oxford-street, in thei)arish of St.George, 

 Manover-square, Middlesex, machinist, for his invented wheel-way and its 

 carriage or carriages for the conveyance of passengers, merchandize, and 

 other things along roads, rail and other ways, either on a level or inclined 

 plane, and applicable to other purposes. — Dated 18th of December 1824. 

 — 6 months to enrol specification. 



To John Weiss, of the Strand, Middlesex, surgical-instrument maker 

 and cutler, for certain improvements on exhausting, injecting, or condensing 

 pumps or springs, and on the apparatus connected therewith, and which 

 said improvements are applicable to various useful purposes, — 18th Decem- 

 ber. — 6 months. 



To James Deykin and William Henry Deykin, of Birmingham, button- 

 makers, for an improvement in the manufacture of military and livery but- 

 tons. — 23d December.— 2 months. 



To Daniel Stafford, of Liverpool, for improvements on carriages.— 24th 

 December. — C months. 



To Samuel Denison, of Leeds, whitesmith, and John Harris, of Leeds, 

 paper-mould maker, for improvements in machinery for the purpose of 

 making wove and laid paper.— 1st January, 1825.— 6 months. 



To Pierre Erard, of Great Marlborough-street, Middlesex, musical-in- 

 strument maker, for certain improvements in piano-fortes. — 5th Januai-y. — 

 G months. 



To Alexander Tilloch, LL.D., of Islington, for improvements in the 

 steam-engine or apparatus connected therewith. — 11th January.— Gmonths. 



To William Henson and William Jackson, both of Worcester, lace- 

 manufacturers, for improvements in machinery for making bobbin-net. — 

 11th January. — 6 months. 



To Goldsworthy Gurncy, of Argyle-street, Hanover-square, surgeon, for 

 his improved finger-keyed musical instrument, in the use of which a per- 

 former is enal)led to hold or prolong the notes and to increase or modify 

 the lone. — 1 1th January. — G months. 



To PVancis Gybbon Spilsbury, of Leek, Staffordshire, silk-manufacturer, 

 for improvements in weaving.— 1 Itii January.— 6 months. 



To William Hirst, of Leeds, cloth-manufacturer, for improvements in 

 spinning and shabbing machines.— 11 th January.— G months. 



To John Frederick Smith, of Dnnston Hall, m the parish of Chesterfield, 

 Derbyshire, es(|uire, for imi)rovements in the |)rc|iaration of slivers or tops 

 from wool, cotton, or other fibrous materials.— II th January.— (i months. 



To .John Frederick Smith, of Dunston Hall, Chesterfield, cs(|uire, for 

 improvements in dressing and finishing woollen cloths.— 11th January. — 

 6 n)onths. 



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