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doubly emarginated sternum of the Scolopacidce [[Snipe family.— Ed.], have 
ikewise the facicula of the same arched shape, and not anchylosed with the 
sternal crest, whereas the contrary is the case with the Storks and Herons. 
These four groups also mutually differ in the number of vertebrae, which in 
Ardeidoe [[Heron family.—E d.] at least, is constant throughout the group. 
I remain, yours truly, 
North Brixton , Surrey , Edward Blyth. 
Dec. 23, 1837. 
Glossary of Botanical Terms. 
Dear Sir, —Could your Magazine be made the medium of publication of a 
glossary of scientific terms for Botany ? I am not aware of any published that 
explains Hooker’s terms for the last two volumes of his Flora , containing Mosses, 
&c. &c., except at the end of Loudon’s large work on English and foreign Botany; 
and who would buy that for the sake of the glossary ? but an excellent botanist 
informs me that it is the only published list of the terms now in use. He says 
he wrote it all out, but my other engagements preclude me from that task. 
Can you, therefore, get any one to furnish you with a list, or can you inform 
me if I could procure one, as in Cryptogamia I am quite at a stand-still for 
want of it. 
I remain, dear Sir, 
Yours respectfully, 
Wood side, Liverpool , T. B. Hall. 
Dec. 23, 1837. 
£Each number of Maund’s Botanist (Groombridge), published monthly, con¬ 
tains a portion of a glossary of botanical terms. Nevertheless, if any competent 
zoologist or botanist w T ho can spare the requisite time, will transmit us a glossary 
of the technical terms employed in the illustration of the animal and vegetable 
kingdoms, the pages of The Naturalist will, in compliance with our corres¬ 
pondent’s request, readily be opened to its insertion.— Ed.] 
Ornithological Notes. 
To the Editor of the Naturalist. 
Sir, —In the fourteenth number of The Naturalist , published in November 
last, Mr. Salmon inquires, in the Chapter of Criticism (Vol. II., p. 423), whether 
the Grey Crow ever builds its nest in this neighbourhood ? I am sorry that, from 
unforeseen accidents, his question has remained so long unanswered; nor am I 
aware how the mistake could have arisen, unless the careless hurry in which I 
wrote gave rise to that as well as to another slip of the pen to which you have 
