4406 Birds. 



6 The Microscope and its Application to Clinical Medicine! 1 By 

 Lionel Beale, M.B. Lond., Professor of Physiology and Mor- 

 bid Anatomy in King's College, London. Post 8vo, 304 pp. 

 letter-press, 1 plate, and numerous illustrations on wood. Price 

 10s. 6d. London: Highley, 1854. 



We think this a useful book, but not perhaps exactly in our pecu- 

 liar department of science. " A short course of lectures which was 

 given in the Spring of 1853 forms the basis of the volume. To the 

 notes, which had been prepared, and which the author had originally 

 intended to print for the use of his pupils, much has since been 

 added ; and it is hoped that in its present shape the work may afford 

 some assistance to practitioners and students in medicine who employ 

 the microscope in clinical investigation or in physiological and patho- 

 logical inquiries. 



" In the present day this branch of investigation is being pursued 

 by all who are most anxious to increase our knowledge of the struc- 

 tural alterations taking place in disease, and of adding to our infor- 

 mation with reference to some of those important processes which 

 interfere with the due performance of the healthy functions of different 

 organs — investigations in which all may find ample employment, and 

 may thus contribute to the advancement of the true interests of their 

 profession, and aid in the elucidation of truths which may ultimately 

 promote the interests and welfare of mankind in a degree not less 

 than they will add to the advancement of science. 1 ' — Preface. 



So writes the author : we have only to add that we heartily recom- 

 mend the book as one of the careful essays that always benefit that 

 branch of science of which they particularly relate. 



Reply to Mr. Birkbeck's " Remarks on a List of Birds of West Cumberland" by 

 Mr. Joseph Robson, addressed to Walter Buchanan, Esq., F.L.S. — In the ' Zoologist,' 

 (Zool. 4366), I observe you are expected to answer a few inquiries respecting some ex- 

 traordinary statements in "A List of the Birds of West Cumberland," (Zool. 4166). 

 As the list was compiled by me, from, I fully believe, most authentic sources of infor- 

 mation, I will feel obliged if you will communicate to Mr. Birkbeck, through the 

 ' Zoologist,' the following statement, which I have no doubt may be relied upon. 



Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanus furcatus), shot in Eskdale, Cumberland, spring of 

 J 853. 



Description. — For details see Yarrell. 



Time of capture. — April ; exact date not known. 



