Editors of the _Monthly Review_. The motto in the title-page is--

"Saiva res est: philosophatur quoque jam;
Quod erat ei nomen? Thesaurochrysonicochrysides."--Plautus.

Is the work noticed in the _Monthly Review_, about that time?

NEMO.


_The Meaning of "Complexion."_--Is the word "complexion," used in
describing an individual, to be considered as applied to the _tint_
of the skin only, or to the colour of the hair and eyes? Can a person,
having dark eyes and hair, but with a clear white skin, be said to be
fair?

NEMO.


_American Bittern--Derivation of "Calamity."_--It has been stated of
an American Bittern, that it has the power of admitting rays of light
from its breast, by which fish are attracted within its reach. Can any
one inform me as to the fact, or refer me to any ornithological work
in which I can find it?

In answer to "F.S. Martin"--Calamity (_calamitas_), not from
_calamus_, as it is usually derived, but perhaps from obs.
_calamis_, i.e. _columis_, from [Greek: kholo, kolhao, kolhazo] to
maim, mutilate, and so for _columitas_. (See Riddle's _Lat.-Eng.
Dictionary_.)