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nearer, he is off with a scream that makes the woods echo his 
triumphant disdain. It will be of no use to follow him, now 
that he is alarmed ; give up the hope of that particular skin for your 
cabinet. But perhaps on another occasion he may be inclined to 
take a better look at you, for his curiosity is great, and so he may 
expose himself through the rift of the foliage that forms his look- 
out. That moment is your chance, and with the loud report of 
the gun comes his shriek of agony, as he falls all bloody from 
the bough he just mounted in such pride. If he is only wounded, 
you will find him game to the last, in such desperate strait as this, 
however he may show the white feather at other times; and you 
will have hard work to squeeze the last gasp out of him, with 
your fingers pressed on each side of the thorax, as you well know 
how. And even though you have a prize, you will think it is a 
cruel thing to do, as you plug up the shot holes, and thrust him 
in a stiff paper cone — especially guarding his superb crest — be- 
fore consigning his warm body to the bag along with other vic- 
tims. 
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Grav’s Hanp List or Brps.— With the third Part, which has 
appeared this year, one of the most remarkable ornithological 
works ever published is brought to a close. The urgent need of 
such a work as this has long been felt, while there seemed to be 
little hope that the want would be supplied, owing to the magni- 
tude and exceptional difficulty of the task. Since Bonaparte’s 
‘Conspectus,’ with somewhat similar aim and scope, was abruptly 
broken off by the author’s death, no one has hitherto been found 
willing, even if able, to bend himself to the undertaking. But 
Mr. Gray has proved equal to the occasion. To a knowledge of 
birds possessed by only a few leading ornithologists, he adds an 
acquaintance with the literature of the subject in which perhaps 
he stands alone; while the British Museum affords unrivalled fa- 
cilities for one, who, like Mr. Gray, can use them to greatest 
advantage. To speak of the work in general terms elisa 
would be entirely superfluous. Mr. Gray has laid ornithologists 
under a lasting debt of gratitude. ` 
