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feed upon the eight great trusses of hay that were thrown down 

 to thern to he upwards of a thousand (beaucoup plus d'tin mille). 



So far as can be judged by the result of M. Pasteur's 

 experiments, it would seem that he is in a fan- way of earning 

 the reward offered by the Government of New South Wales. At 

 all events, it is to be presumed that the Commissioners will 

 make no objection to his repeating the experiment in one of the 

 districts under their jurisdiction, the more so as he assures us 

 that while Rabbits are more susceptible of inoculation than 

 fowls, the larger domestic animals are not likely to be injuriously 

 affected should they by accident take up any of the contaminated 

 vegetation. 



It is due to another French savant to state that M. Megnin, 

 whose researches on the Gapes disease in gallinaceous birds, and 

 on the parasite which causes it, have been already made known 

 to our readers (Zool. 1883, p. 386), has proposed to inoculate 

 Rabbits with a liver disease which is peculiar to tbem (le phthisie 

 dufoie, on coccidienne), and which he has reason to believe would 

 prove equally fatal ; but we have seen no description of his 

 modus operandi, and in the absence of this information, we 

 are disposed to regard with favour the method suggested by 

 M. Pasteur, which, from its simplicity in application ought 

 certainly to succeed. 



Those of our readers who may be desirous of having more 

 details than we have been able to give in the limited space at 

 our disposal would do well to consult the ' Annales de l'lnstitut 

 Pasteur,' and an article by M. Tissandier, published in ' La 

 Nature' (24 Mars, 1888), to which we are indebted for much of 

 the information above given. 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 

 By the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A. 



Since the 'Birds of Cumberland' appeared, in 1886, the 

 researches of Mr. W. Duckworth and myself have continued to 

 make progress, and we now possess a fair amount of additional 

 information regarding the Vertebrates of Cumberland and "West- 

 moreland also. Much remains to be done ; the next five years 



