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Goeland a-manteau-bleu, Fr. —Gabiano reale, It. —Weissgraue Meve, G.,—both 
in the young and the adult state. This bird is the Silvery Gull of Pennant,— 
Larus marinus , Latham, —in immature age, le Goeland a-manteau-gris-et-blanc, 
of Buffon, —in its Summer-plumage, Larus glaucus of Benicken, and Goeland 
a-manteau-gris, ou cendre, of the more eloquent than accurate French naturalist. 
It breeds along the rocky parts of the British coast. 
Two admirably-drawn and highly-finished figures of the Rock Thrush, 
Petrocincla saxatalis, Vigors, —Le Merle de-roche, Fr. —-Tordo sassatile, It .— 
Steindrossel, G., —terminate the Second Part of Mr. Gould's invaluable work. 
This beautiful bird, of which the male and female are here represented, although 
belonging to the Merulidce, differs from the Thrushes, in frequenting the rugged 
declivities of rocks and mountains ; and hence seems to constitute a connecting 
link between them and the Saxicolce. It is Turdus saxatilis of Linnaeus ; was 
first removed, with T. cyanus, into a separate section, entitled Saxicoles, by 
Temminck ; and, at length elevated by Vigors, to the dignity of forming a 
distinct genus, Petrocincla. It inhabits the central and Eastern parts of Europe; 
but has never yet been known to visit the British islands. 
Recapitulation.-—The twenty plates of Part 2 exhibit thirty-five figures, and 
twenty-one species of birds, belonging to twenty distinct genera. Five of these 
plates contain one figure, only, of the, adult bird: the remaining fifteen, two 
figures each. Of these fifteen plates, one represents two distinct species; and 
the other fourteen display the peculiarities of plumage dependent on age, sex, or 
season, in two figures of one and the same species. Five of the species figured 
have never yet been known to visit these island: the remaining sixteen are 
British birds. 
Birmingham , March 9, 1836. 
ON THE HABITS AND PECULIARITIES OF BRITISH PLANTS, 
AND ON THE DERIVATIONS OF THEIR LATIN NAMES. 
By T. B. Hall. 
(Continued from p. 427.) 
Catabrosa. —Named from xarqtPguo-i?, a gnawing, from the erose extremity of 
the glumes. 
Catabrosa aquatica, Water Hair-grass.— Salisbury observes that water-fowl 
are very fond of the young sweet shoots, as also of the seeds; it may therefore 
