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simply a means of concealment, just as they employ their own ink 
to conceal their own want of knowledge, is scarcely satisfactory. 
The ink of a cuttle-fish is a more substantial material, less fluid 
than writing ink: it does not mix freely with water, and possesses 
that curious property which in milk is called ropy. 
Epwarp NEwMAN. 
PS. The cuttle is since dead; and it is possible I may have 
something to say of him after a post mortem has taken place: at 
present I will only say that the long tentacles which form the 
sensational feature in all pictures of cuttle actually exist; but that 
during my repeated visits he had stowed them away somewhere in 
the vicinity of his mouth, which is probably the custom with living 
cuttles in general. I shall feel much indebted to any naturalist 
who will refer me to any figure of a living cuttle.—E. N. 
Description of a White’s Thrush obtained in Castle Eden Dene. 
By Joun Scxiater, Esq. 
I senpD you full particulars of Mr. Burdon’s specimen of White’s 
thrush, compared with a specimen of the young of the missel 
thrush in my possession. The bird died on the nineteenth day after 
its capture, having received greater injuries from shot than I 
expected: the shoulder-bone had been broken from the blow of 
the shot (as the flesh was not shot through) ; it had strongly knit 
together, but was half an inch shorter than the other: the bird was 
a male, was very bold, and fed from my hand three days after it 
was caged. It ate well up till the day it died, and no doubt would 
have lived but for the injuries: had I been aware of these injuries 
I would have delayed taking dimensions of it, as I was obliged to 
handle it a great deal. It once or twice gave a harsh scream when 
handled, but I heard no note: it used the perch, always roosting 
uponit. The markings were all well-defined, and alike on each side, 
so far as its damaged state would allow me to judge, the primaries 
being all shot off one wing; the third feather of the other wing was 
gone also, and there were only eight feathers left in the tail. 
You will see from the different measurements the difference in 
the wing-coverts, especially the under coverts, the legs, toes and 
