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order to seize an insect on its left side ? — The 

 Alpine Annet (Curruca Alpinas) is an excellent 

 figure. We have lately learned from our esteemed 

 friend, Dr. Latham, that he possesses a stuffed 

 specimen of this bird, but he is not quite certain 

 as to its being a British-killed individual.- — The 

 Firecrested Kinglet (Regulus ignicapillusj is a 

 complete failure, and it surprises us that our author 

 should have allowed the cut to appear. The Shore 

 Lark (Alauda AlpestrisJ, however, is a good 

 figure. — Passing over the Whitebellied Swift, we 

 find a lovely representation of the Mealy Linnet 

 (Linaria canescens) . Mr. Bly th informs us that 

 he now possesses a live specimen of this species, 

 and Mr. Doubleday has had two of them in con- 

 finement above a year. We have little doubt but 

 the Mealy Linnet is perfectly distinct from the 

 Redpoll Linnet. The Whitewinged Crossbill 

 ( Crucirostra leucoptera) is a spirited, and we 

 think, an accurate figure. A single individual, 

 shot in 1802, near Belfast, and recorded in the 

 Linnaan Transactions, is the sole authority for 

 including this species in the British Fauna. Mr. 

 Ey ton's woodcut " is taken from a specimen in the 

 collection of William Yarrell, Esq., of a male bird 

 in the plumage of the second year." The next spe- 

 cies is the Coccyzus American us, of which we have 

 seen a specimen in the British Museum. Of the 

 Rock Ptarmigan no representation is given. The 

 cut of the Wood Pigeon is not so characteristic as 

 we could have desired, nor do we much admire 

 that of the Migratory Pigeon. With regard to the 

 remaining species, a bare enumeration must suf- 

 fice. 



The number closes with cuts of the Black Stork 

 (Ciconia nigra), Brown Longbeak ( Macroram- 

 phus griseus) , BmTbreasted Dunlin f Tringa rufe- 

 scens), Pectoral Dunlin (Tringa pectoralis) ', and 



