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The Figures of some Antiquities ; communicated by a Member of the Royal 



Society. N° 175, p. 11 39. 



In pi. 8, fig. 12, is a ring of Corinthian brass with a vizard of Silenus in a 

 sardonix. Fig. 13, an amulet of the gnostics, cut in a chalcedony, the names 

 of certain aeones or intelligences. Fig. 14, a tessera of crystal, having on 

 one side XIII, on the other 1 A- Fig. 15, a Fortune and a half Diana, in an 

 onyx. Fig. l6, an ancient picture of the virgin in a chalcedony. Fig. 17, a 

 cameo, with a mixture of several gods. Fig. 18, an onyx. Fig. IQ, a glass 

 lachrymatory. 



A Letter of Dr. Listers to Mr. Ray, concerning some Particulars that might be 

 added to the Ornithology. N° 175, p. 1159. 



I send you an abstract of my notes about birds, which may be added, if you 

 think fit, to yours and Mr. Willughby's History of Birds. 



Fringilla montana major. Sea larks nostris aucupibus appellantur. Sc. in 

 agro Eboracensi saeviente bruma sat copiose capiuntur. * 



Rubeculae excrementa semper liquida sunt ; etiamsi ilia ovorum luteis duriter 

 coctis victitet ; intestinis caecis caret, aut ea valde exigua et inutilia habet, Mus- 

 carum autem cortices, et quae ex id genus victu facile coqui et eliquari in ven- 

 triculo non possunt ; figura rotunda, pisorum in modum rejicit. 



Morinellus anglorum. Hae aves bis in anno loca paludosa relinquunt et se in 

 campos montosos gregatim recipiunt, Sc. Aprili et Augusto. 



Transmigrationis autem causa ex victu pretenda est. Nam tum temporis 

 aves quoddam cibi genus ibidem reperiendum appetunt ; ut autem id certo 

 scirem, plurium ventriculos dissecui, in quibus maximam partem scarabaeos 

 quosdam minutos et nigricantes inveni, at inter alia cochleas terrestres exiguas 

 adverti. 



Anserum ferorum 5 genera vulgo numerantur in agro Eboracensi satis fre- 

 quentium. 1. The little Spanish goose, Sc. asque parvus ac brenta, sed figura 

 et colore quodammodo ad anserem domesticum accedens, ab Hispania denomi- 

 natur. 2. The bamicle, satis cognitus. 3. The Scotch goose, Sc. vulgatissimus 

 ferus, i Scotia ad nos, exeunte Augusto, adveniens, h quibus fere constant in- 

 numeri illi greges qui in planis campis (the Wolds dictis) et alibi passim inve- 

 niuntur. 4. The whilk, anser maximus niger, ineunte bruma primum adveniens; 

 raro alibi quam in pratis, pascuisque herba pascitur. 5. Anser palustris noster, 

 grey lagg, dictus ; huic magnitudo anseri domestico subpar. Caput ex fusco 

 nigricat, et ad medium collum infuscatur ; dorsum ex cinereo livescit ; ipsae 



