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INVERERNE. 



to the teeth all sloping inwards, they act like the barb of a hook, 

 and prevent anything that has once entered from escaping. 

 Facilis descensus Averni, sed revocare gradum, etc., so would say 

 the small fish. 



Bewick describes this bird as 27 in. long and weighing 

 3 Ibs. I find it 20 in. long and weighing [?] Ibs. 



He has evidently measured a female goosander instead of 

 a dun diver, which latter bird is always much smaller than 

 the former. The bird killed to-day had about it all the un- 

 mistakeable appearance of a mature, well-grown bird of its kind. 



Blackbirds and thrushes very busy under the garden walls in 

 search of snails, etc. 



The field mice have the entrances to all their holes stopped 

 up this cold weather. 



