MUSEUMS. 41 
Tench (Tinca vulgaris), by Mr. W. G. Blanchard, Fish Market, 
Liverpool. 
A number of Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreutert), living 
and preserved, from West Africa, by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief 
Engineer, Elder, Dempster Line. 
A number of Fresh-water Fishes, comprising Tilapia lata, 
T. galatea, Haplochilus sexfasciatus and H. elegans, from the 
Calabar River, West Africa, by Mr. W. S. Cross, Cross’s 
Menagerie, Liverpool. 
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and two Cook Wrasses 
(Labrus mixtus), 6, 2, from off the South coast of Ireland, by 
Captain Mann, Steam Trawler ‘‘Gallinule,’ 81, Elm Vale, 
Fairfield, Liverpool. 
Bream (Abramis brama), (cast taken), by Mr. Sutton, 159, 
Seabank Road, New Brighton. 
Purchased : 
' Three Butterfish (Centronotus gunellus), from Hilbre, collected 
officially. 
Muller’s Top-Knot (Zeugopterus punctatus), from off Harwich. 
Amphibia. 
Presented : 
Five Common Toads (Bufo vulgaris), one Fire-bellied Toad 
(Bombinator igneus), one Salamander, (Salamandra maculosa), 
and one Edible Frog (Rana esculenta), by Dr. H. A. Auden, 
13, Broughton Drive, Grassendale. 
Reptiles. 
Presented : 
Skink from West Africa, and Snake and a Lizard from Madeira, 
by Mr. A. Brook, 2, St. Anne Street, Liverpool. 
Two small Turtles, by Dr. Coghlan, 27, Falkner Street, 
Liverpool. 
