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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. XIX. 



Again, on pp. 237-8, chap, cxi., describing plate 321, " The 

 Green Pye of the Isle of Ceylon,"* we read : — 



This bird was brought, with many others, from the East Indies, 

 by John Gideon Loten, Esq ; F.R.S. late Governor of Ceylon, &c. 

 who presented them to the British Museum, where they now 

 remain. 



On p. 244, chap, cxiv., describing plate 324, "The Short- 

 tailed Pye,"f it is stated : — 



The bird here figured and described was brought by Governor 

 Loten from the Island of Ceylon, and is deposited in the British 

 Museum. 



On pp. 245-6, chap, cxv., describing plate 325, " The Crested 

 Long- tailed Pye, "J we are told : — 



This curious bird was brought from the Island of Ceylon by my 

 worthy friend John Gideon Loten, Esq ; and is now preserved in 

 the British Museum. 



Yet again, on pp. 247-8, chap, cxvi., in which is described 

 plate 326, " The Blue Jay from the East Indies,"§ it is said :— 



The subject from which I draw my figure was brought from 

 Ceylon by John Gideon Loten, Esq ; and is now preserved in the 

 British Museum. 



Then, on pp. 269-70, chap, cxxviii., describing plate 338, 

 " The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon," || Edwards says : — 



This Bird, and that figured Pla. 316, are all that have been 

 figured from drawings in these last fifty plates of my work : but 

 as they were new to me, and the testimony of their authenticity 

 most undoubted, I was glad of an opportunity to engrave them. 

 The original is one of those that Governor Loten before-mentioned 

 caused to be drawn from the life in India, and is now deposited, 

 with many others brought from thence, in the British Museum. 

 Mr. Loten brought several of them alive from India, and pre- 

 sented them to the late Princess Royal of Great Britain, Dowager 

 Princess of Orange, &c. 



* This plate is dated 1st October 1759. 



f Plate dated 6th October 1759. Cf. Loten's remarks on this bird, 

 quoted by Mr. van Houten in his first paper. 



i Plate dated 4th April 1760. It bears a reference to Knox's 

 Historical Relation, p. 27, and in the letterpress the passage is quoted 

 from Knox's work. 



§ Plate dated 20th September 1759. 



|| Plate dated 8th October 1761. 

 % See the statement in Mr. van Houten's first paper. 



