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NOTES AND NEWS. 
n the } whee Magazine, No. 43, is a brief note, with figure, on ‘ Twins 
of M arcasite in regular dis recor upon Cubes of Pyrites,” by Dr. -O. 
Trechmann, F.G.S., at Hartl epoo 
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England and Sweden still retain the = eminence as to priority of snag ee 
ological observations, which were first made by Linnzeus at Upsal 
i Naa as the ps er of pape mete ie Germany, oe oe ie 
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r. Tuffen Wes L.S., F.R.M.S., who was so well known as a natu ral 
history and bic fionntp ok drauightsman, died o onthe ae of March, * ae residence 
urnell House, Frensham, in the 68th He e of 
ages 
ok where he was born in I He hen svlocka a. taste ce science, on ch 
first manifested itself in an osteological direction, and by the time he was fifteen 
years old he had set up at least a hundred complete skeletons of various c hs bee 
i cf 
microscopy and natural ied e ~ of the Society of Friends, an pas 
er notices of him are to gets nd in the Natural (ties Foamnel (York) aed 
The of 
It seiahades, by way of si eeodnetione) a brief history of the Museum, and an necomtit 
ions which go t i i iti n 
of the collecti ions formerly asf jo hands of the Manchester Natural oad 
oyle , show 
accomplished ts Mrirnectt and his various assistants, viz., Messrs. J. Ray Hardy, 
= cey, and ab Bolton, Assistant apn ies and Messrs. Thos. Hick, 
BA. B “Se. ., R. Assheton, B.A., and Bernard H “M.S c., the Lecturers in 
ogy, and Geol : e, u ec 
trol of which institution the Museum is. Manchester 1s to be Sag peace upon 
um. 
The Rev. E. Maule Cole sends us an interesting note on Bird-talk. He 
remarks that the power of imitation is very great in some birds. No respectable 
Parrot would think of holding its tongue after attaining its majority, say, at the 
ge of two. efore, much depends tm . 
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ng a Sparrow call out, with clear and ringing tones, ‘Tommy, Tommy, 
kiss me, kiss me.’ ‘Tommy, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me.” ft aate efforts of 
this clever little bird seem not unworthy of notice in the ‘ Naturalist. 
July 1891 
