Respecting "Lind," I find in the version by Thorkelin of _De Danorum Rebus Gestis Poema Danicum Dialecto Anglo-Saxonica_ (Havniæ, 1815), that "Lind hæbbendra" is rendered "Vesilla habens;" but then, on the other hand, in Biorn Haldorsen's _Islandske Lexicon_ (Havniæ, 1814), "Lind" (v. ii. p. 33) is translated "Scutum tiligneum." C.I.R. _Vox et præterea nihil_ (No. 16. p. 247.).--The allusion to this proverb, quoted as if from the _Anatomy of Melancholy_, by "C.W.G." (No. 16. p. 247.), may be found in Addison's _Spectator_, No. 61, where it is as follows:-- "In short, one may say of the pun as the countryman described his nightingale--that it is '_vox et præterea nihil_.'" The origin of the proverb is still a desideratum. Nathan. _Vox et præterea nihil_ (No. 16. p 247.).--In a work entitled _Proverbiorum et Sententiarum Persicarum Centuria_, a Levino Warnero, published at Amsterdam, 1644, the XCVII. proverb, which is given in the Persian character, is thus rendered in Latin,-- "Tympanum magnum edit clangorem, sed intus vacuum est." And the note upon it is as follows:-- "Dicitur de iis, qui pleno ore vanas suas laudes ebuccinant. Eleganter Lacon quidam de luscinia dixit,-- [Greek: Ph_ona tu tis essi kai ouden allo,] Vox tu quidem es et aliud nihil." This must be the phrase quoted by Burton. HERMES. _Supposed Etymology of Havior_ (No. 15. p. 230., and No. 17. p. 269.).--The following etymology of "heaviers" will probably be considered as not satisfactory, but this extract will show that the term itself is in use amongst the Scotch deerstalkers in the neighbourhood of Loch Lomond. "Ox-deer, or 'heaviers,' as the foresters call them (most likely a corruption from the French 'hiver'), are wilder than either hart or hind. They often take post upon a height, that gives a look-out all round, which makes them very difficult to stalk. Although not so good when December is past, still they are in season all the winter; hence their French designation."--_Colquhoun's Rocks and Rivers_, p. 137. (London, 8vo. 1849.) C.I.R. _Havior_.--Without offering an opinion as to the relative probability of the etymology of this word, offered by your various correspondents (No. 17. p. 269.), I think it right that the use of the word in Scotland should not be overlooked. In Jamieson's admirable _Dictionary_, the following varieties of spelling and meaning (all evidently of the same word) occur:-- "_Aver_ or _Aiver_, a horse used for labour; commonly an old horse; as in Burns-- "'Yet aft a ragged cowte's been kenn'd To mak a noble _aiver_.' "'This man wyl not obey.... Nochtheles I sall gar hym draw lik an _avir_ in ane cart'--_Bellend. Chron._ "'_Aiver_, a he-goat after he has been gelded: till then he is denominated a _buck_. "_Haiver_, _haivrel_, _haverel_, a gelded goat (East Lothian, Lanarkshire, Sotherland).