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Belay in the Publication of Bells “ British Reptiles.” 
Can you divine the reason why the second part of Bell's Reptile's is not yet 
out ? The first No. I purchased in February last, but have not been able to get 
the succeeding one. It appears an unwarrantable delay of the publishers’, if the 
fault rest with them. 
Notice of a white Thrush. 
The white Thrush (Turdus musicus ) I spoke of in my last, died about a 
fortnight since. It was taken from a nest with two other birds in it, of the 
usual colour. The pair which had the misfortune to be attired in the old- 
fashioned sober garb of their parents, were mercilessly consigned to the care of a 
Ferret. Th q lusus natures escaped their early doom, to be u cabined, cribbed, 
confined,” in a very primitive cage, constructed for the purpose, where it existed 
four months, a picture of dirt and discomfort. On examination I found the albino 
had not a dark feather about it, but was what I should call a “ fowl white.” 
With a wish to give the rara avis better treatment, I tried to purchase it, but 
Without success. 
Pig suckled by a Cow. 
A friend of mine, on going into his pasture the other day, observed a Pig, about 
eight months old, on unusually intimate terms with one of his Cows. The latter 
was lying on the ground, with the Pig between her legs, sucking the teat; he 
stirred up the old lady; but the squeaker, not at all abashed by his presence, 
and unwilling thus prematurely to conclude his repast, rose up on his hind legs, 
and again laid hold of the dug. This position he could not long retain. The 
owner had for some time noticed how quickly the Pig got flesh, whilst a twin 
brother, who fed at the same trough and had apparently the like advantages, 
did no credit to his keeping. This circumstance reminds one of the old charge 
brought against the quiet, harmless, and shamefully-persecuted Hedge-hog, that 
of forestalling the milk-maids. 
I was very glad to see a commencement of a series of papers from the pen of 
Edwin Lees, F.L.S., in The Naturalist for November. If any thing can attract 
to the study of Natural History the many who idle away their lives in the 
country, heedless of the beauties ever within their reach, it will be the writings 
of those who thus fascinate whilst they instruct. Mr. Knapp’s work, the Journal 
of a Nahiralist , Waterton’s Wanderings and Essays , White’s Selhorne , and 
your own delightful book, British Song Birds , are the works I fancy likely to do 
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