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to the Fallopian tubes of viviparous animals, but much larger 
and wider. There was not any appearance of impregnation in 
the right ovarium.’ I cut out the whole of the internal parts of 
generation, the urinary bladder, part of the rectum, and also the 
whole of the cloaca unexamined, and put them into spirits. 
This preparation is now in the possession of Mr Scott, who is to 
take it with him to England, and who will, I am sure, feel much 
pleasure in shewing it to you *■ In this preparation the urinary 
bladder must not be mistaken for an uterus. 
cc Cookoogong, a native, chief of the Boorah-Boorah tribe, 
says, that it is a fact well known to them, that this animal lays 
two eggs, about the size, shape, and colour of those of a hen ; 
that the female sits a considerable time on her eggs, in a nest, 
which is always found among the reeds on the surface of the wa- 
ter ; that the animal can run on the grass, and is sometimes 
found at a considerable distance from the water ; that he is also 
perfectly aware, that a wound from the spur of the male is 
followed by swelling and great pain ; but although he has seen 
many cases of it, he has never known it fatal ; that the flesh of 
the animal is never eaten, and that the native name is Mullin- 
gong .” — Letter from Mr Mill , surgeon , Sydney, to the Secre- 
tary of the Linnean Society. 
43. Hybernation of the Corncrake (Rallus Crex). — Major 
Morrison, an intelligent observer, communicated to us the fol- 
lowing interesting note. 
u As it still appears a matter of doubt, whether the Corncrake 
should be included among those birds that occasionally fall into 
a torpid state during the winter, I beg to offer the following 
circumstance towards settling this point. A gentleman of the 
town of Monaghan, in Ireland, some years since, had, on or near 
his farm, a large heap of manure that had remained undisturbed 
for a considerable length of time. The labourers, in removing 
this manure in winter, and during a frost, perceived a hole in 
the side of the heap, which had probably been made by rats ; 
and, after a great portion of the manure had been taken away, 
they came to the end of the hole, where they found three corn- 
* Mr Scott, upon his arrival in England, presented the preparation to the Uni- 
versity of Oxford. 
