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not' ! in the specimen above-mentioned, which we never saw in what 
we J the colnmon viper. In the Vertebrated Animals of Jenyns, 
f .h WL have recently examined, it seems almost certain that 
gst his varie; Jes there are two species. Colour or size prove no- 
thing, but the shape of the head, though loosely mentioned, is strong 
presumptive proof, j* aothev Pelias is figured under the name of P. 
cherua, or Marasso alpino. A very small individual has furnished 
the description, and was brought from the mountains of Abruzzi, in 
the neighbourhood of Ascoli, where it inhabits dry stony places. We 
hope that, in a subsequent number, we shall have more ample in- 
formation, for at present we do not think ourselves quite justified in 
admitting it to be a species. 
We must defer the notice of the Ornithology and Ichthyology to 
another opportunity, having already extended this article quite suffi- 
ciently. W e could wish that, in the subsequent numbers, some of the 
rarer birds, such as Turdus Naumanni, Turdus atrogularis, which are 
at Turin, the Sterna leucoptera, found by us at Rome, the Sylvia 
conspicillata, which the Prince met with near Civita Vecchia, were 
figured, as they possess some interest to the English reader who may 
not have access to the continental collections. We should likewise be 
glad to know whether the Accentor montanellus of Temminck real- 
ly exists in the localities he mentions. We were not successful in see- 
ing or hearing of it either at Rome or Naples.* 
11. The English Flora. By Sir J. E. SMITH, M. D., F. R. S., &c. 
Vols. i.-iv. 1824-1828. 
The British Flora. By W. J. HOOKER, LL.D., F. R. S., &c. Vol. i. 
3d Edition, 1835. 
The English Flora. Vol. v. part i. (Or, the British Flora, Vol. ii. 
Part i.) By W. J. HOOKER, LL.D., F. R. S., &c. 1833. Same 
works, Vol. i. Part ii. By.W. J. HOOKER, and Rev. M. J. BER- 
KELEY, M. A., F. L. S., &c. 1836. 
MUCH as the botanical productions of the British isles have been 
investigated and written upon, during a period of nearly two cen- 
turies, we do not yet find the subject to be at all exhausted, either 
of interest or of novelty. Taken collectively, British botanists are 
yearly adding to the stores of their knowledge concerning the plants 
of their own country, whilst, individually, their numbers are rapidly 
increasing through the hosts of new votaries attracted, or (by the 
converting powers of some medical college) compelled, to become 
* In the Supplement to his Manual, M. Temminck concludes his remarks 
upon Ace. montanellus " de passage accidentel en Hongrie, et plus accidentelle- 
ment encore dans le midi de I' Italic." ED. 
