Edinburgh journal of natural history Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 138 THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, without shyiiif?, or betraying the least symptom of fear. When they had been fed sumptuously, Captain marched him over to head-quarters, and introduced him to his mistress, cats, and comrades, by whom he was *' most graciously received.' There he remained an inmate, under the litle of Nebby. Nebby could fly as well as ever, and took frequent flights round, for intelligence or amusement. I have often seen him on
Edinburgh journal of natural history Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences . edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 138 THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, without shyiiif?, or betraying the least symptom of fear. When they had been fed sumptuously, Captain marched him over to head-quarters, and introduced him to his mistress, cats, and comrades, by whom he was *' most graciously received.' There he remained an inmate, under the litle of Nebby. Nebby could fly as well as ever, and took frequent flights round, for intelligence or amusement. I have often seen him on returning alight, and implore his mistress for water, by gently moving his wings and holding up his head. On her sitting down, Nebby was immediately on her knee, to receive it ; and it was given him by dipping the finger, and dropping it from the point into his throat. One Sunday, some idle blackguard boys, from some of the mills down the water, carried off both Captain and Nebby. I made every inquiry, but never recovered them.—Gavin Inglis. Remarkable Elongation of thb Bill of a Rook.—The accompanyintj firrure represents the head and bill of a Rook, shot near Dalkeith in the beginning of I\larch, and submitted to our inspection by Mr Carfrae, preserver of animals in Edinburgh. The bird was in every other respect of the ordinary appearance of the species, and was in good condition, notwithstanding the extreme severity of the season, and although one might imagine it impossible for it to pick up its food with a bill so consfructed. The malformation consists of an elongation of the upper mandible, of whlcVi the point extends beyond that of the lower an inch and a r^uarter, being curved gently downwards, grooved beneath, and having a breadth of about a quarter of an inch. We have seen instances of a like elongation in other birds, although not to the same extent; and in the Rook itself a case occurred in which the unper mandible was not only elongated, but deflected latera
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