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I have checked the above with the copy in the British Museum 

 (Natural History) Library and find that that also differs. The 

 items given above ex Dall are in agreement save in connexion 

 with plate 135, first name, and plate 156, and 137 where the 

 readings are as in the second column. 



These insignificant alterations deserve more consideration than 

 they apparently merit, because they suggest different impressions 

 of the explanatory tables, which would otherwise be unsuspected. 

 It is possible that different paintings may be also published, as the 

 facts hereafter cited may necessitate a reconsideration of the known 

 copies. 



Some time ago Mr. Alex Reynell showed me a volume of Martyn's 

 plates, amongst which I noticed a stranger, though to me a very 

 familiar shell. He very generously allowed me to study the volume, 

 and publish my results, which are embodied in this note. While 

 working at it Mr. B. B. Woodward also lent me a volume in his 

 possession for comparison and criticism. Later Mr. Reynell showed 

 me another copy, from which I collected some interesting items, and 

 then again he secured yet another copy of plates, which confirmed 

 all the previous data. Before dealing with these I would comment 

 upon a well-known peculiarity of Martyn's published work, viz., the 

 inaccuracy of some of the localities cited. In the Portland Catalogue, 

 about which I wrote in this Journal, I found many of these localities 

 corrected, that is Martyn for his {Bucc{inum)) calcar gave New 

 Zealand ; in the Portland Catalogue, pp. 10-139, Terra del Fuego 

 is cited, which is the proper locality for this shell. Again, Martyn 

 recorded from the Friendly Isles his Limax fihratus ; in the Portland 

 Catalogue I find that p. 36, lot 707, Limax fihratus Martyn came from 

 New Caledonia, which is right. Also Martyn's Trochus Canaliculatus 

 and Annulatus were reported from New Zealand, whereas they are 

 West American shells, and in the Portland Catalogue, on pp. 101 

 and 89, they are credited to the N.W. Coast, America. 



Now, it is also well-known that there was a second edition of 

 Martyn's plates, and this is not so rare as the first edition, but still 

 not common, and mostly only 80 plates are secured (the first 80), 

 whereas the whole edition consisted of 160 plates. Reynell's first 

 copy includes 77 plates, with the title-page of the first edition, and 

 the Introduction and Preface of 39 pages, apparently also of the 

 first edition. The plates, however, while of the same subjects, 

 differ in every case from the accepted published figures. They are 

 on Martyn's paper and bear the plate numbers on the top right- 

 hand corner in agreement with the published specimens. Curiously 

 enough, however, the paintings are very often better ones, but not 

 so bold, more beautiful in miniature and smaller in size. Some of 

 the most charming have against them the initials " R. A.", which I 

 conclude are those of the boy artist who painted them. However, 

 even more interest attaches to the pencilled identifications to each 



