﻿VI 
  PREFACE. 
  

  

  of 
  these 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  third 
  (490) 
  were 
  new 
  additions, 
  if 
  not 
  to 
  

   science, 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  hest 
  thanks 
  of 
  zoologists 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  Lords 
  of 
  the 
  

   Admiralty, 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Hydrographer, 
  Capt. 
  Sir 
  F. 
  Evans, 
  K.C.B., 
  

   and 
  to 
  the 
  Commanders 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Alert,' 
  from 
  whom 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  

   received 
  every 
  encouragement 
  in 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  his 
  zoological 
  

   work. 
  

  

  Finally, 
  although 
  the 
  following 
  pages 
  are 
  by 
  themselves 
  a 
  

   lasting 
  testimony 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  service 
  rendered 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  

   to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science, 
  I 
  must 
  not 
  

   allow 
  this 
  opportunity 
  to 
  pass 
  without 
  duly 
  acknowledging 
  the 
  

   energy 
  and 
  skill 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  performed 
  this 
  work. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  singular 
  judgment, 
  the 
  specimens 
  (many 
  of 
  

   them 
  most 
  fragile 
  and 
  delicate) 
  preserved, 
  labelled, 
  and 
  packed 
  

   with 
  the 
  greatest 
  care 
  ; 
  and, 
  beside, 
  full 
  lists 
  wore 
  prepared 
  by 
  him 
  

   giving 
  additional, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  most 
  valuable, 
  information. 
  

   When 
  we 
  bear 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  all 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  leisure 
  

   hours 
  which 
  Dr. 
  Coppinger 
  could 
  spare 
  from 
  his 
  strictly 
  official 
  

   duties, 
  we 
  may 
  be 
  encouraged 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  on 
  future 
  occasions 
  

   similar 
  advantage 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  opportunity 
  which 
  a 
  voyage 
  

   of 
  Survey 
  offers 
  to 
  q, 
  man 
  of 
  science. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  were 
  worked 
  out 
  immediately 
  after 
  their 
  arrival 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  this 
  Eeport 
  was 
  considerably 
  delayed 
  by 
  the 
  

   removal 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  from 
  Bloomsbury 
  to 
  South 
  Kensington. 
  

  

  ALBEET 
  GUNTHER, 
  

  

  Keeper 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Zoology^ 
  

   British 
  Museum, 
  

   June 
  20, 
  1884. 
  

  

  