5344 Notices of New Books. 



Like its predecessors 'Tenby' contains a vast amount of good 

 Natural-History information : possessed of infinitely more knowledge 

 of these sea things than any other writer who has hitherto attempted 

 to describe them, the author still steers clear of technicalities and 

 pedantries; gifted with an easy flow of words and a remarkable 

 elegance of expression, the author still avoids " fine writing," that bane 

 of authorship. In the present volume, moreover, the introduction of 

 doctrinal religion is avoided, while the presence of a religious feeling 

 is still sufficiently prominent. Taken as a whole, this is the best of 

 the three books, and we have only to regret having so long delayed to 

 notice it. Even now our space is too limited to do it justice by 

 making such quotations as must lead the reader to procure the book 

 itself. Should, however, an opportunity occur, we shall hereafter 

 transfer some few delightful passages from the pages of 'Tenby' to 

 those of the ' Zoologist,' and this not simply and purely from a desire 

 to promote the sale of i Tenby,' but because we feel certain that it 

 would be instructive to most of our readers and delightful to all of 

 them. 



Corrections of Errors. — I shall feel much obliged if you will correct my mistake 

 (Zool. 5316) in giving " Turdus migratorius" as the name of the robin redbreast, and 

 substitute for it " Sylvia rubecula," the former being the name of the American thrush 

 (vulg. robin); also, in p. 5313, 13th line from bottom, for "Forida Europa" read 

 "Fonda Europa." — Charles W. Watkins ; Badby House, Daventry, November 1, 

 1856. 



Errata. — Page 5214, line 30, for " forcibly hoped" read "fondly hoped" 



„ , „ 31, omitting "of" read " there glared still in view the 



malignant form " 

 „ 5269, „ 18, for " marmots " read " marmot " 

 „ 5271, „ 22, for " unpractical " read " unpractised " 

 „ 5272, „ 10, for " Reuss," read " Reuss ;" 

 „ 5274, „ 11, for " bird " read " kind " 

 „ 5276, „ 8, for " rang " read " ranz " 



„ , „ 38, for " Manerklette " read " Mauerklette " 



„ , „ — , for " Manerlaufer " read " Mauerlaufer" 



„ 5277, „ 1, for "hawking" read "haunting" 



„ , „ 5, for " Dranee" read " Drance" 



„ 5294, „ 17. Laphygma. The first recorded British specimen 

 was taken, I believe, by Mr. Maitland, and is noticed in an Addendum to Henry 

 Doubleday's 'Synonymic List,' at p. 27, under the name of Caradrina exigua. — 

 E.N. 



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