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as it throws light upon the method of receipt and the fact 

 of the descriptions being made from, or at the same time as, 

 the drawings, and that probably a collection of birds at that 

 time included drawings on account of the rarity of the actual 

 specimens. 



p. 197. Blue- winged Gr(osbeak). Loxia cyanoptera, 

 p. xlvi. 

 " Inhabits New South Wales ; found at Port Jackson. 

 From a drawing by General Davies." 



The painting on page 7 is the basis of this description, or if 

 not, is certainly a copy, or vice versa. Until another series 

 of paintings is found we should class these as originals. 



p. 210. White headed F(inch). Fringilla leuco- 

 cephala, p. xlviii. 

 " Inhabits New South Wales. From the drawings of 

 General Davies." 



The same remarks apply to the painting on page 65. 



p. -211. Temporal F(incli). Fringilla temporalis, 



p. xlviii. 



" Several drawings of birds probably allied to this. . . 



For these I am indebted to the drawings of General Davies." 



One of these appears on page 7, and the fact that several are 



referred to above suggests the fact of missing books of pictures 



yet to be traced. 



p. 216. Red-belhed Fl(ycatcher). 

 " Is one from Port Jackson, in the drawings of General 

 Davies. . . . This came from Port Jackson, and was 

 communicated by General Davies.'' 



The paintings on page 45, or a copy, are here referred to, 

 so that again we must look for more paintings. 



p. 253. Speckled M(anakin). 

 " Inhabits Neiv Holland. I am indebted to the pencil of 

 General Davies for these descriptions, taken from specimens 

 in the possession of Captain King." 



The pictures on page 31 agree in detail with the remarks 

 given at the quotation, so that here again we are compelled 



