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TANTALUS VIRIDIS. 



hid. Orn. ii. p. 707- 15. 

 Green Ibis. Lath. Syn. v. p. 114. 13. 

 This species was shot in the interior part of Devonshire 

 about the middle of September, in the same year as the pre- 

 ceding: it is a male, and occupies a place with the last. 



Whether this, the bay, and the glossy ibis are specifically 

 distinct^ admits of doubt, and requires further investigation, 



SCOLOPAX NOVEBORACENSIS. 



hid. Orn. ii. p. 723. 32. 

 Red-breasted Snipe. Lath. Syn. v. p. 153. 26. 

 A small flock of these extremely rare birds made their ap- 

 pearance on the coast of Devon in the spring of the year 

 1803, one of which was shot in my neighbourhood, and is 

 now in my museum. Soon after, I. received information 

 that a similar bird had been shot at Weymouth, in com- 

 pany with several others ; and the skin of another was sent 

 to me, which had been killed at Sandwich in Kent, pro- 

 bably belonging to the same flock, as the account of the 

 number seen last on the east coast tallied nearly with what 

 first was noticed in the west, allowing; for those which are 

 stated to have been shot. 



GLAREOLA AUSTEIACA. 



hid. Orn. ii. p. 7 53. 1. 

 Austrian Pratincole. Lath. Syn. v. p. 222. /. 85. 

 A bird of this species has been shot, at or near Liverpool 

 in Lancashire, and is now in the museum of Lord Stanley. 

 Having been informed that a publication will soon make its 

 appearance wherein not only the particulars relative to the 

 capture of this bird will appear, but also a verv excellent 

 figure, I shall forbear to anticipate the author's intention. 



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"DARWINIANA. 



Tjepatis tumor. — The liver becomes enlarged from defect 



of the absorption- of mucus from its cells/ as in anasarca, 



especially" 



