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For at least thirty years Mr. Eodd has continued to delight us 

 with his inimitable notices, both of the birds which remain with 

 us throughout the year, and of our merely occasional visitors, 

 several of which he has, himself, added to the list of the 

 British Fauna. Some six years ago these exquisite sketches, with 

 other equally interesting extracts from his note-books, were em- 

 bodied in a separate work,* which has, without doubt, a place in 

 the library of every British ornithologist. As the ground-work 

 of this publication is to be found in our pages, we may be permitted 

 to congratulate ourselves and the author on a second edition having 

 been called for during the past year. It has caused general regret 

 that Mr. Rodd has never received in person the thanks which have 

 been so frequently and so cordially offered him. 



Mr. Maclean — for whose valuable assistance we have already 

 been,+ and still are, very much obliged — has undertaken a Paro- 

 chial and Family History of Trigg Minor. Of this work, the first 

 part, which illustrates the Parish of Blisland, was published in 

 1868; a second portion, devoted to the Parish and Town of 

 Bodmin, has appeared within the present month ; and other 

 sections, relating to remaining parishes of the Deanery, will follow 

 at intervals. On the value of this work I can pretend to offer 

 no opinion of my own ; but I am assured, on excellent authority, 

 that it is of very great merit. 1 hope no susceptibility will be 

 offended by the remark that Mr. Maclean's list of subscribers com- 

 prises scarcely half a score names from West Cornwall. 



The zeal with which Dr. Bannister has studied the language 

 anciently spoken in Cornwall, is universally acknowledged. :{: His 

 Glossary of Cornish Names — the result of many years' industry — 

 has reached the initial letter M ; and the remainder of the work 

 is ready for the press. 



Descriptions of the scenery, natural phenomena, antiquities, 

 various industries, and productions of Cornwall ; its history, and 

 the biographies both of Cornislimen and of others whose works 

 afford illustrations of the county, are scattered through so many 

 books, that their extent is known to but few ; whilst, perhaps, 

 scarcely an individual enjoys access to them all. The benefit a 

 catalogue of them would confer on the student can scarcely 

 be over-rated. The importance of such a work, frequently urged 



* A Guide to the Ornithology of Cornwall, especially in the Land's-end 

 District (London, Simpkin ; Penzance, Cornish). First Edition, 1864, pp. 

 1_42 ; Second Edition, 1869, pp. 1—51. 



f Journal of the Royal Institution of CornwaU, Vol. I (No. Ill), p. 36. 



+ Ibid, Yol. II (No. VI), p. 104; (No. VIII), p. 324. 



