324 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [^lay, 



FISHES FROM CAROLINE ISLAND. 



BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



In the Proeeeclings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia for 1899, pp. 482 to 496, the writer has wrongly 

 ascribed to the Caroline Islands a collection of fishes the Academy 

 had lately received. 



The error was due in part to the similarity of names and in part 

 to confusion of labels. 



The Caroline Islands, sometimes called New Philippines, com- 

 prise the greater part of IMicrouesia, and are entirely different 

 and remote from the Caroline Island. Caroline or Thornton 

 Island is a group of low coral islands on a single reef seven 

 miles long and one mile wide, situated in Lat. 10° 0' 01" S., Long. 

 150° 14' 30" W. 



Since the collection referred to came into the Academy's posses- 

 sion, others from the estate of Prof. E. D. Cope have been re- 

 ceived. Among these were a few fishes from Caroline Island, none 

 of which are recorded in the preceding paper. To Dr. H. A. Pils- 

 bry, who has examined these later collections, I am indebted for 

 more complete and precise data. 



He states that the collections were made by Mr. C. D. Voy, 

 who was an enthusiastic collector residing in California a number 

 of years ago. He accumulated private collections, of which he 

 disposed, using the proceeds to make an expedition across the 

 Pacific to New Zealand. Upon this expedition he visited the Sand- 

 wich Islands and several of the islands of the south seas, among 

 them Caroline Island, where all the fishes were collected. At least 

 the Academy has not received any from other localities visited 

 on this expedition. How Prof. Cope obtained the collection I 

 do not know. 



