Anas Anser ferus, Grey Lag Goose, large waters: Baggymore. — Boschas, Mallard, pools; Woodhouse. — Penelope, Wigeon, pools: Halston. — Crecca, Teal, river Severn. Pelecanus Carbo, Cormorant, Isle; Montford Bridge. For the foregoing list, we are indebted to the kindness of the late JOHN F. M. DOVASTON, Esq. A.M. of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, the Friend and Biographer of Bewick; a gentleman who, with enthusiastic ardour, devoted many years of unceasing attention and observation, to an accurate investigation of the varieties and habits of the feathered tribes. A FEW OF THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS GROWING IN A WILD STATE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SHREWSBURY. The Arrangement adopted is that of the Natural System, and the Nomenclature from Babington’s Manual of British Botany. “what skill, what force divine, Deep felt, in these appear!” THOMSON. Ranunculus Lingua, Bomere and Hancott pools. — auricomus, Haughmond Hill; Shelton Wood. — arvensis, corn-fields. — parviflorus, near Red-barn: Pulley; Sharpstones Hill. Berberis vulgaris, Sharpstones Hill. Papaver Argemone, fields, near Bank farm. Corydalis claviculata, Pimhill. Fumaria micrantha, near Harwood’s Boat-house. Nasturtium palustre, banks of Severn. — sylvestre, banks of Severn. Turritis glabra, Berwick Knolls. Cardamine amara, banks of Severn between Preston Boats and Uffington. Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Shrewsbury Abbey ruins. Cochlearia Danica, Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury. Thlaspi arvense, corn-fields near Shrewsbury. Teesdalia nudicaulis, Haughmond and Sharpstones hill. Viola palustris, Bomere and Almond Park pools. — sylvatica, Weir Coppice. Drosera longifolia, Bomere pool. Elatine hexandra, Bomere pool. Dianthus plumarius, Haughmond Abbey. — deltoides, Sharpstones Hill and Downton. Saponaria officinialis and var: Haughmond Abbey. flore pleno, Mœnchia erecta, Haughmond Hill. Alsine rubra, Pimhill; Haughmond Hill. Hypericum elodes, Bomere and Oxon pools. — humifusum, near Sundorne. — maculatum, Haughmond hill and Meole Brace. — pulchrum, Sharpstones hill.