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his executor, and also to obtain an injunction to restrain me 
from publishing any works that we might have jointly com- 
menced. The executor went abroad, and the case dragged on 
its slow existence for many years, during which time one of 
the sons-in-law poisoned himself ; and I accidentally heard that 
the other and his imbecile daughter were dying and about to 
be moved to St. Pan eras Workhouse. I immediately told my 
attorney to inform the attorney on the other side that I gave 
up all interest in the works, and was ready to purchase them 
at a fair price ; but the poor old man refused to part with them 
to me, and I found that they were sent in a most confused 
state to be sold at an auctioneer’s, so that there was no putting 
them in series. 
By these proceedings I lost many nights’ labour, and was 
prevented from publishing the text and the other works com- 
menced until they were out of date, the knowledge of Indian 
animals having very greatly increased during the period. 
I agreed to publish General Hardwicke’s drawings without 
any remuneration, on condition that the drawings and what 
specimens he had were left to the British Museum (which at 
that time had scarcely any Indian species), and to have what 
remained of the works after they had repaid their outlay ; but 
the sale of the works was not to be forced, and the stock was 
to he in my care. The India Company most liberally took a 
considerable number of copies at the publication price, which 
repaid General Hardwieke a great part of the outlay. (See 
discussion on this subject before the Committee of the House of 
Commons on the British Museum.) 
71. On the identity of the Ctenodactylus Massonii, Gray, with the 
Mus Gundi, Bothm. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 50. 
72. On the frequency of the Hatter-jack of Pennant ( Bana rubeta , 
Linn.) on the commons in the neighbourhood of London. Proc. 
Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1830, p. 61 ; Isis, 1834, p. 822. 
73. On Rhinobatus armatus. 111. of Ind. Zool. 1830, xx. ; Wiegm. 
Arch. 1835, ii. p. 272. 
74. A synopsis of the species of the class Eeptilia. 8vo and 4to, 
1830. Griffith’s Transl. of Cuvier, ix. 
75. Zoological Miscellany. 8vo, Lond. 1831-1845. Bev. Zool. 
1844, p. 376. 
76. Birds described by General Hardwieke or from bis papers. 
Gleanings in Hat. Sci. 1831, p. 416. 
77. Description of twelve undescribed species of Birds discovered by 
Mr. John Beeves in China. Zool. Miscell. 1831, pp. 1, 2. 
78. Description of two new species of Birds ( Pitta macrorhynchus 
and Or iolus philipp ensis) discovered by Capt. Hay in the Philippine 
Islands. Zool. Miscell. 1831, p. 3. 
79. Description of three undescribed species of Birds discovered and 
drawn by John Crawfurd, Esq., at Siam. Zool. Miscell. 1831, p. 3. 
80. Description of a new species of Hornbill ( Buceros Farquhari) y 
from Major Farquhar’s drawing. Zool. Miscell. 1831, p. 3. 
