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the stomach, by that examination he discovers much of which he was 

 before ignorant, and of which the superficial and uninstructed remain 

 ignorant; so the logician and mental philosopher, by the investiga- 

 tion and analysis of language and the complex laws of thought, dis- 

 covers niceties of meaning and shades of apprehension quite un- 

 known to the less thoughtful and less observant. 



If I were in amicable conference with Mr. Atkinson on this 

 interesting but somewhat difficult subject, I should venture one or 

 two other minor criticisms on his modes of expression ; but they 

 would not affect the truth or value of any sentiment which he wishes 

 to establish, and therefore it is not worth while to trouble the readers 

 of the e Zoologist' with them. 



I hope these remarks, crude and imperfect as they must appear, 

 will be received, not as designed to controvert any of your respected 

 correspondent's main positions, but as an humble contribution to 

 clear thought and useful knowledge, on a subject less physical than 

 metaphysical, as the Aristotelians have taught us to express our- 

 selves. 



Edward Tag art. 



Wildwood, Hampstead, 

 July, 1857. 



Notes and Remarks on afeiv of the Birds of Southern India. 

 By Captain Henry W. Hadfield. 



" Que de charmes, que d'idees douces, agreables, nous presente l'Histoire Naturelle ! 

 Que d'objets varies, interessans ! Quelle source inepuisable d'observation, de recherches, 

 et destruction pour celui qui se sent un gout decide pour cette vaste Science." — 

 Daudin. 



Although I do not anticipate that the observations and remarks 

 I may now, or hereafter, be able to make on some few of the birds of 

 the Carnatic can prove very interesting to the professed or more 

 scientific ornithologist, still I am induced to offer them for publication 

 in the ' Zoologist,' trusting that sufficient may be gleaned from them 

 to make them acceptable to the general reader. 



Vulture {Vultur fulvus, Gmel.). When out deer-stalking, — which 



I generally followed by dismounting from my pony, and leading it by 



the bridle, concealing myself behind it, and keeping pace, as much as 



possible, with its front legs,— having observed a herd of antelopes on 



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