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Donatus, Bishop of Casa Nigra, was the foremost of these Numidian malcontents, and from him the sect of Donatists took its name; they denied the orders of those ordained by Cæcilianus, and hence the validity of the Sacraments administered by them.
In an allied bird, the Penelope nigra, Mr. Salvin observed a male, which, whilst it flew downwards "with outstretched wings, gave forth a kind of crashing rushing noise," like the falling of a tree. Mr. Salvin, in 'Proceedings, Zoological Society, 1867, p. 160. Gould, 'Introduction to the Trochilidae, 1861, p. 49. Salvin that the noise was intentionally made. Sclater, in 'Proc. Zool.
To the President of the Horticultural Society the Tulipa nigra was a first-rate power, which, in its character as queen of the tulips, might send ambassadors. "Yes, sir," answered Rosa; "I come at least to speak of it." "Is it doing well, then?" asked Van Systens, with a smile of tender veneration. "Alas! sir, I don't know," said Rosa. "How is that? could any misfortune have happened to it?"
"This tulip," continued the Prince, "will therefore bear the name of its producer, and figure in the catalogue under the title, Tulipa nigra Rosa Barlaensis, because of the name Van Baerle, which will henceforth be the name of this damsel."
Tenthredinidae, proportions of the sexes in; fighting habits of male; difference of the sexes in. Tephrodornis, young of. Terai, in India. Termites, habits of. Terns, white; and black. Terns, seasonal change of plumage in. Terror, common action of, upon the lower animals and man. Testudo elegans. Testudo nigra. Tetrao cupido, battles of; sexual difference in the vocal organs of.
Of aquatic birds, there were two kinds of Sterna and Larus; many thousands of Rynchops nigra, which were so numerous as to appear like clouds when they rose into the air; a Procellaria of the variety Nectris; two kinds of Podiceps, and an Aptenodytes of the variety Spheniscus.
The street was blocked with people uttering cries against the emperor. A gamin recognized the fugitives, and shouted, "Here comes the empress!" De Nigra gave him a kick, and asked him how he dared to cry: "Vive l'Empereur?"
It is the Corcyra Nigra or Melaina of antiquity, so called from its luxuriant pine forests, little of which now remain. Various origins are attributed to the settlement; one of them is commemorated in the inscription on the Porta Marina: "Hic Antenoridæ Corcyræ prima Melanæ fundamenta locant." The early Greek geographers include it in the territory of Narenta or Liburnia.
It is considered by some authors as a distinct species, Populus italica, and by others as a broom-like variety of the Populus nigra, from which it is distinguished by its erect branches and other characters of minor importance. It is often called the pyramidal or fastigiate poplar. Its origin is absolutely unknown and it occurs only in the cultivated state.
Curiously enough, in spite of this, Count Nigra, the Italian ambassador at Vienna and head of the Italian delegation, made a vigorous speech showing the importance of the work in which the committee is engaged, urging that the plan be perfected, and seeming to indicate that he will go on with the representatives who favor it.
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