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in the 'Zoologist,' to which Mr. Yarrell alludes as so interesting, 

 he will find that there is no such page as 237 in the volume for 

 1844, which begins with page 385. Professor Newton retains the 

 mistake : it should be p. 437. This caution is the more needful, 

 seeing the omissions and inaccuracies which crept into the third 

 and previous editions ; for instance, on referring to the Index, on 

 the subject of the falcons mentioned in this notice, I find, under 

 their English name of " Falcon," they are entirely absent. It is pro- 

 bable that Mr. Yarrell employed another and a merely mechanical 

 hand to perform this part of his task, but I cannot regard this as 

 sufficient excuse : " Quodfacit per allerinn facit per *e." 



Another word of caution as to promises of punctuality and 

 announcements of days of publication : no one ever felt the goad 

 of the inexorablcT?^*/ more than I have done: forty or fifty months 

 found me up to time with my Butterflies and Moths when ihejirst 

 came round ; it was of no avail to plead ill health or other engage- 

 ments — it would come. Knowing the weight of this self-imposed 

 burthen, I regret that my friend Newton has strapped it on his 

 shoulders, as it must of necessity be thrown off. I need only quote 

 the announcements on the wrappers of Part I. and Part II. to show 

 that this assertion is not prophetic. The first wrapper has this 

 statement, "Part II. toill be published on the \st oj August, and 

 future Varts on the \st of each month.'''' The second wrapper has 

 this statement, " The Editor has to express his regret at Jinding 

 that the revision of this work requires far more time than he 

 anticipated, and consequently that it will be impossible for the 

 Parts to appear Monthly, as was at first announced. He hopes 

 that Part 111. will be ready in October.'''' There is really no 

 necessity for punctuality : in a journal like the ' Zoologist' it is 

 imperative, but in a standard descriptive work like Newton's 

 "Yarrell" the great objects are completeness and accuracy, and 

 these must on no account be sacrificed to the importunities of an 

 unreflecting public. 



Edward Newman. 



Flamborough and the Bird Act. By John Cordbaux, Esq. 



August 2. It was just half-past four this morning, and full spring 

 tide, as we pushed off our boat from the north landing at Flam- 

 borough, intending to take the last of the flood to the point, and 



