174 THE ORNITHOLOGICAL GLIDE. 



We shall conclude our notices of books with 



THE PLAN 



OF A PROPOSED 



N E \V MAGAZINE, 



TO BE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO 



ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. 



It appears to the proposers of this New Periodical, 

 that there is at present a great want of some work 

 wherein the progress and discovery of Zoology and 

 Botany can be regularly communicated ; and that 

 there is now no such work in course of publication, 

 for the many existing periodicals, otherwise excellent, 

 are either devoted to a more extensive range of 

 subjects, or are conducted upon a plan more suited 

 to gain popularity than to advance science ; that 

 there is a rising band of young and zealous scientific 

 Naturalists, who want some medium for the regular 

 publication of their researches, and whose com- 

 munications and subscriptions would amply support 

 a magazine conducted upon truly scientific prin- 

 ciples. 



To endeavour to supply this blank in our Zoo- 

 logical and Botanical Literature, " The Magazine 

 of Zoology and Botany" is proposed. It will be 



