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London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

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lands
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vana and
Honduras).
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California • •

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27th of the
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of the
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13y what'
, Vessel.

When
expected

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bra.

By what
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TAP.

Dec. 24

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20th of

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mouth.

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W.S.
Lindsay

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lona

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pool

lens

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Liver-
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1 Wash-
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N. Ame-
rican

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Jan. 95

M--Morning. E—Evening.

Jan. 12

I et and
16th of
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month.

16th of
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month.

Jan. 1

Jan. 6

Deo. 20

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Dec. 26

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Jan. 1

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zoology h
wm
aellssithoA
the A
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sr :es.
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1 obApe been inx
of October addition to British collection° !I
msaadbeiniin tnitra
sehaabpineno,af
sanifipli):
wsPheiecih:
session of
tbridge, having
, last,
a nd Esq.,
. "-
7 P
fbyhisMsaorntin T. Smith,' MP is the 17th
noes
r ast, in a turnip field at Raynh,alo, 0,
':awhich is now In the
bird,niember of Trinit College, C__3112.,1;
just been stuffed fort hat gentlew''
°.)' Mr. Baker, naturalist, of T 'n ton-streetr
. rump g. _,,..
Cambridge. This which is so exceedirigll "_
in this country that Macgillivray could not refer s;
a specimen for description in his " Britisch Watiai
Birds," but was obliged to transcribe the descriPti" 14th
Mr. Vigors (who announced its discovery in the
volume of the " Transactions of the Linnsean Society)
is of the snipe kind, but is distinguished from 6144
other kind of European species of Scolopax by the tote
absence of white from its plumage, or any of those light._
tints offerruginous yellow, which extend mores or 1".
in stripes along the back of them all. In geaseral II„P;
pearance it bears a greater resemblance to SooloT'it
rusticola than to the other European Sooloparee, it' •
may immediately be recognised as belonging t
oo
. „
different station in the genus, the two exterior noes
united at the base for a short distance, AR in the great"
number of the congeneric species, while thous of Si
_,,,
lopae rusticola are divided to the origin. Three b riii_
possessing the same characteristics have been p reviouoll
shot in England (according to Thompson), 10 in Ireland;
in Scotland none at all. 'roe bird now alluded to sgirejir.
with Mr. Vigor's description in everpe
b etw. ill be
Smith's residence is 26, Green-street ; and
matters. As the bird ia so rare,
hskilful It for
: Int 0 rs; ct
Ok
happy to show the specimen toitthise
cocuugriroat
think it has been consigned to such
preservation, Mr. Baker having succeeded 1/ a
render-
ing a most lifelike representation.
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BIRTHS.
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 18th inst.,_ at 3, Carlton-gardens, th, lefon.
James Stuart Wortley.
On the 19th inst., at 13, Little Stanhope-street,.
Mrs. John Jeffryes Oakley.

OF A BON.
On the 19th inst., at 9, Barnebury Villas, the s r ife of P•
D. Goeel, Esq
in.
On the 19th et., at South Cadbury, Somerset, -the la°
of the Rev. Alexander Stewart.

MARRIED.
On the 18th inst., at Swindon, Wilts, Captai in °el&
Verschoyle, of the Grenadier Guards, only iongh per 01 ,D f P. 0415;•
lVatoarsAchaaoybireo,seEosqo.d,
dtaordL, fuocltChelaLriasswa,n,thviriridltdcau
ileerg.'
On the 17th inst., at St. Giles s, Camberwell, , —„, 34..•
youngest ion of the late Commander George Yon sg,,-inrso
to Jane Catharine, eldest daughter of the late
M r. u"
Horsey, Camomile street, city.
DIED. i„ •
On the 17th inst., at 6, Burwood-place, Oxfor ti l'o4-111
Alexander Wylie, Esq., aged 54.
On the 18th inst., at York, the Rey. Alfred 1 3tnt, ,
tir".
aged 28.
Bridges,l7th iinst.,
s t hi.
rsamut
totacrtihc ae l pain,sou tht ewra rakg erdo
15i3c
e
On the 16th inst., at the Parsonage, Stoke-roi% , 0011'
ilit‘
Mr.
'5B. f gt•
Elisha Creasy, aged
Beal n
Ft
rheen2c
hOt,ho
fi nsslt;
c,
3frnjothhen
riTedA.fbriaagrasi,layidre2nsc,hs,
tewpinfeel !goo,
Coil t 9
aged 46. 3100'
On the 18th inst., at Bull's-cross, Enfield, Mid, „ro
.
Fred. C. Lewis, Esq., sen , late of 53, Charlotte. "'""
Portland-place, aged 77.
/11
s
On the 17th inst., at Hoobridge-plac,e, Woking, I
Alexander Robertson, Esq.
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