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 who sent them to Europe, but in their passage they were taken by the Shaftesbury 

 privateer, and afterwards sold by public auction, where he purchased them. Donovan 

 states that two specimens he possessed were taken in Brazil ; and Dr. Burmeister still 

 more satisfactorily says, " Gleichfalls aus Sud-Amerika findet sich besonders haufig auf 

 den Cautschuck-Baumen (Siphonia elastiea)." 



