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gists, or of those who have benefited the science. 
Latterly, however, the custom among 1 us has been so 
much abused, that it may be questioned whether it 
expresses any thing more than a mere compliment from 
the nomenclator. To bestow the same honour upon a 
mere collector, which is given to a Wilson, a Cuvier, 
or a Bonaparte, is, at best, injudicious ; but, to call all 
the new species in the museum of a’ learned society 
after the council and office-bearers of the current year, 
merely because they are ex officio promoters of orni- 
thology, is not only ludicrous, but, as we conceive, a 
total perversion of scientific justice. A great and pious 
divine, a skilful and eminent physician, or accomplished 
diplomatic character, can receive neither honour or 
pleasure from such flattery. It behoves every true 
naturalist to set his face against such practices ; and we 
shall, upon all occasions, pass over every name so mis- 
applied. For ourselves, we have studiously sought to 
bestow this c honour’ only where it was due. The 
name of Barrow, it is true, will not be solely indebted 
to us for its imperishable record. It will be associated, 
by the future historian, with the history and discoveries 
of Arctic America, Southern Africa, and China ; with 
high benefits conferred upon the State ; and with the 
possession and encouragement of zoological knowledge.” 
The following has been communicated to us as 
Brehm’s latest arrangement of the European species of 
the Anatidse : - — 
Anatidse. JLeach. 
Genus I. 
Swan. Cygnus. 
First Division . 
Gibbous swans. Cygni gibbi. 
1. White headed gibbous swan. C. gibbus, Bechst. 
2. Yellow headed gibbous swan. C. olor, Illiger. 
Second Division. 
Singing swans. Cygni musici. 
1, Northeastern singing swan. C. musicus, Bechst. 
2. Icelandic singing swan. C. icelandicus, Brehm. 
