110 Notice of the Arrival of some of the Winter Birds 



ganter curvatim adscendentia, sti/lo humiliora, stig- 

 matibus circiter septem. 



Obs. Petala extus linea costali pauiulum protube- 

 rantia, aurora pulchra colore nitentia. Antherce et 

 stigmata tinctura formosa roseo-mutabiliter violas- 

 cente. 

 truncatum. E. (The reflexing ringent flowered) corollis re- 

 7. flexis valde ringentibus, tubo brevissimo, ramulis di- 

 chotomis apice truncatis. 



Epiphyllum truncatum. Noh. Suppl. PL Succ. 85. 

 et in Phil. Mag. vol. 4. p. 188. 



Cactus truncatus. Bot. Mag. 696. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. ^2 • 



Floret autumno in caldario. 

 P.S. Please to note the following errata in my last com- 

 munication : — 



Page 262, line 8, for subdistantibus, read subdistantes. 

 264, line 22, for polyphyllum, read polyanthum. 



XVIII. Notice of the Arrival of some of the Winter Birds of 

 Passage, as 'well as of a few of the occasional Visitants in the 

 Neighbourhood of Carlisle, during the Winter of 1828 — 

 1829; with Observations, SfC. By A Correspondent. 



No. 



English Specific 

 Names. 



Redwing Thrush 

 Fieldfare Thrush 

 Snow Bunting... 

 Mountain Finch 



Siskin 



Green Sandpiper 

 Woodcock 



Latin Specific Names. 



Turdus iliacus 



pilaris 



Ember iza nivalis 



Fringilla montefringilla 



spinus 



Totanus ochropus 



Scolopax rusticola 



When first 

 observed. 



Oct. 12 

 19 



Nov. 

 Oct. 



9 



24 



26 



July 21 

 Auff. 26 



Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo Lagopus). — A very fine spe- 

 cimen of this rare Buzzard was killed in the neighbourhood 

 of Bewcastle the latter end of February, where another was 

 seen. This is only the second instance of this species having 

 been captured in this part of the county : the other was shot 

 near Wreay in November 1824. 



Cinereous Shrike (Lanius excubitor).— For the last five or 

 six years the Cinereous Shrike has visited this neighbourhood 

 pretty regularly, scarcely a winter passing without one or more 

 having been either seen or obtained. Its arrival, however, is 



apparently 



