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epeated many times in succession, and generally from the top of some lofty Oak, Beech, or Fir tree ; 
but he has been occasionally observed to sing while on the wing, and from a habit of giving his song 
both before and during the occurrence of wind and rain, the name of Storm-cock is a well-known 
appellation for the Missel Thrush. It is also called the Holm Thrush, probably owing to its partia' 
lity to the Oak, from the top of which this Thrush will sometimes continue to repeat its song for an 
hour together, and occasionally also has its nest in the Oak— 
“ ‘ The fruitful Olive, and the Platane round.; 
The carver Holm * ; the Maple seldom inward sound.- Spenser. 
“ A good botanist has reminded me that the red berries borne by the plant named Butcher’s-broom, 
Ruscus aculeatus , which grows on bushy commons, are called Holm-berries ; and as the Missel 
Thrush is a decided feeder on berries generally, it may have acquired the name of Holm Thrush 
from feeding on the Holm-berry.”—p. 181. 
This work proceeds very successfully in every respect. 
British Oology ; being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, with Figures 
of each Species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from Nature: accom¬ 
panied by Descriptions of the Materials and Situation of their Nests, Number 
A °f Eggs, &c. By William C. Hewitson. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Published 
for the Author, by Currie and Bowman; W. Edwards , London. No. xxxvi. 
Jan. 1, 1838. Royal 8vo. 
The first plate in this part is intended to be substituted for the before-pub¬ 
lished Plate cxix., some of the copies having been spoilt in colouring. The next 
plate contains an excellent figure of the egg of the Dotterel Plover ( Charadrius 
morinellus') . This bird was positively ascertained to breed in some of the higher 
districts of Cumberland, by Mr. Heysham, in the summer of 1835, as related 
in the Magazine of Zoology and Botany , in a communication quoted by Mr. 
Hewitson. The Dotterel, it appears, generally lays four eggs. 
One illustration of that of the Avocet is faithfully represented. The ground¬ 
colour of some specimens in the collections of our correspondent, Mr. A llis, and 
of Mr. Baines, said to belong to this bird, is nearly white, marked with small 
spots of dark brown and neutral tint. The colour termed “ neutral tint” is a 
mixture of black, blue, and red (commonly Xndian-ink, Prussian-blue, and lake), 
combined in a certain proportion. 
The fine egg of the Great Auk ( Alca impennis) is then figured. This bird has 
only once been met with on the British coast, and our authors drawing is from a 
specimen in the rich collection of Mr. Yarrell. 
The egg of the Common Rotch ( Mergulus melanoleucos) appears on the same 
plate. This bird breeds in the bleak and dreary polar regions, and is abundant 
** * The Holm Oak, Qmrms 
