JOURNAL 



OF THE 



CEYLON BRANCH 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY; 



1867—70. 



PART I. 



CONTENTS, 



Page, 



On the Origin of the Sinhalese Language.— By James De Alwis, 



Esq., M. R. A. $ ... ... ... 1— 88 



A Lecture on Budbisrn. — By the Rev. D. J. Gogerly, with Notes 



by the Rev. David De Silva ... ... ... 87—137 



Description of two Birds new to the recorded Fauna of Ceylon, — 



By H. Neviil, Esq. ... ... ... ... 138—1 40 



Description of a new Genus, and five new species of Marine Uni- 

 valves from the Southern Province, Ceylon. — By G. Nevili, 

 C. M. Z. S., and H. Nevill, Hon. Sec. R. A. S. (C. B.), F. 

 Z. S, ... ... ... ... ...141—142 



A brief notice of Robert Knox and his companions in captivity 

 in Kandy for the space of twenty years, discovered among 

 the Dutch Records preserved in the Colonial Secretary's 

 Office, Colombo, and translated into English. — By J. R. 

 Blake ... ... ... ... ...143—150 



COLOMBO. 



PRINTED BY F. FONSEKA, CHATHAM STREET, FORT. 

 1870. 



