The Word Cingalese

ON p. 131 of the current volume of NATURE, the expression "Cingalese fishes," and on p. 78 of the same volume the expression "Cingalese outlier" are found. The word Cingalese is also used in the "Cambridge Natural History" (Mollusca) to denote a subregion. In the first place the word should be spelt Sinhalese, the form above quoted being a quite incorrect transliteration. In the second place, the adjective corresponding to Ceylon is Ceylonese, the word Sinhalese meaning "of or belonging to the Sinhalese race."