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on 'the shores of Greenland, “ whence/’ says Mr. Hewitson, “ specimens are 
brought home by the sailors employed in the Whale fishery.” The only egg seen 
by our author was obtained from one of the Greenland ships. 
The egg of the Osprey ( Pandion halicetus) is beautifully figured on the next 
plate, as is also that of the Jer Falcon ( Falco Islandicus). The former species 
frequently breeds in Scotland, and Mr. Hewitson has received specimens from Sir 
William Jardine and Mr. Yarrell. Of the Jer Falcon our author observes 
“ Two eggs of this rare bird are in the collection of Mr. Yarrell, by whom they have been 
kindly forwarded to me. They are the only specimens I have heard of, with the exception of one in 
the museum at Leyden, a drawing of which was, with the greatest kindness, sent me by Professor 
Temminck, through the instrumentality of Mr. Hoy. 
“ The Jer Falcon breeds in rocks, in those countries which are rendered difficult of access from the 
severity of their climate. 
“ We were not so fortunate as to meet with it in Norway, although we were told that had time 
permitted, we might have done so, by penetrating, for some days’ journey, into that part of the 
country which was covered with snow.” 
The British Oology will close with the next number, with a complete list of 
subscribers. Those who desire to include their names in this list will therefore 
do well to forward them without delay. We trust Mr. Hewitson will in time 
collect a sufficient number of the eggs of rare birds to induce him to publish a 
supplementary part. 
The British and Foreign Medical Review ; a Quarterly Journal of Practical 
Medicine and Surgery. Edited by John Forbes, M.D.,F.R.S., and John 
Conolly, M.D., &c. No. ix. Jan. 1838. London: John Churchill, Princes- 
Street, Soho. 
This ably-conducted and scientific journal frequently contains notices and 
reviews of interest to the zoologist and botanist. If we may be allowed to judge 
by the general appearance of the work, we should pronounce that it has attained 
the circulation its merits so well deserve. The subjects treated of in the number 
before us are exceedingly various. 
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Lately published, in Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia, Animals in Menageries, 
by William Swainson, Esq. 
It is proposed in future to combine the Magazine of Zoology and Botany with 
the Companion to the Botanical Magazine, under the title of Annals af Natural 
History, to be issued monthly. The conductors state that they cannot speak 
