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hand. My gardener shot one the other day, on a 

 charge (false, I suspect) of destroying partridge's 

 eggs. He most positively asserts that it was crying 

 ' cuckoo' when he shot it. The bird was opened, 

 and two eggs found in her." 



THE STORMY PETREL. 



Whilst this little work has been 'going through the 

 press, we have received, from a scientific friend, the 

 following notice of the inland traveller of the Petrel 

 race. 



" On the 16th of December, 1831, a fine specimen 

 of the fork-tailed petrel, (Bewick,) procellaria leachii, 

 (Temne,) was caught by some boys in the neighbour- 

 hood of Alton, Hants, thirty miles from the sea, much 

 exhausted. It appeared to have been driven inland 

 by the prevalence of strong southerly gales, which had 

 banished it from its native element some days, as it 

 was very thin, and almost destitute of oil, usually so 

 abundant in these birds. Its weight one ounce, length 

 seven inches and three quarters, expanse of wing seven- 

 teen inches and three quarters. In all respects Bewick's 

 description is perfectly accurate." WM. CURTIS. 



THE END. 



Joseph Rickerby, Printer, 3, Sherboum Lane. 



