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mate of tliis female. Had Mr. Wilmot been a skilful Ornithologist, he 

 would not have failed to examine the structure of the feet of these nest- 

 lings, as he must have been well aware that by so doing he might have 

 completely established the truth or fallacy of his supposition. It is al- 

 most unnecessary to insist upon the caution with which statements should 

 be received from persons whose information does not qualify them to dis- 

 cuss the subjects upon which they write. The error into which Mr. Wil- 

 mot has fallen, being evidently occasioned by his imperfect acquaintance 

 with the feathered tribes, for it is pretty clear that he did not distinguish 

 Goatsuckers from Cuckoos, now that the economy of the latter species is 

 better understood, will probably mislead none, except those who are 

 ignorant of natural history, or greatly deficient in reflection ; but that so 

 distinguished a Zoologist as Dr. Fleming should have contributed to ex- 

 tend and perpetuate the mistaken notion here controverted, by lending 

 it the sanction of his authority, is to be regretted. 



Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester, 

 Oct. 11th, 1B28. 



Art. XXXVII. Description of a tieiv species of Paradoxure, 

 now exhibiting in this Country. By William Ogilby, 

 i^.sg'., B.A., of Lincoln's Inn. 



Though the animal which forms the subject of the following observa- 

 tions has been exhibited, in different parts of England, for the last two 

 years, no account of it, as far as I am aware, has hitherto been given to 

 the public. In undertaking to supply this deficiency, through the 

 medium of the Zoological Journal, I beg leave at the same time to assure 

 its readers, that I do so only after the most minute and careful examina- 

 tion and comparison of the animal in question with the published 

 descriptions of its congeners. The length of time during which I have 

 known 't, the frequent opportunities which I have enjoyed of examining 

 it, and the care and attention which I have bestowed upon the details of 

 its description, warrant me in hoping that the following memoir will 



