238 DR. A. GUNTHER ON FISHES FROM ST. HELENA. [Apr. 8, 
The following are a few of the exact measurements, taken from 
the specimen in my collection :— 
inch. 
Bill, from gape to tip of upper mandible .......... 
YA EP en BPA UE i" oe a ae 13 
Bare portion of tibia, from tarsal joint .. = 
TSO cede Seon Pe eee i, ces eres 1 
Middle $06 wn ao ee ig oe 
Is it not probable that other members of a group in which this 
bird might be placed may in future be found in the unknown north- 
western districts of the continent? The fact of representation of 
species between the north and south is true with regard to most 
forms of the Australian avifauna. 
4. Report of a second Collection of Fishes made at St. Helena 
by J. C. Melliss, Esq. By Dr. Atserr Ginruer, 
F.R.S., F.Z.S., &e. 
(Plate XVI.) 
The British Museum received in the month of June of last year 
a second collection of fishes made at St. Helena by J. C. Melliss, 
Esq. With regard to the preservation and number of the specimens 
it proved to be as valuable as the first, of which an account is given in 
the ‘ Proceedings’ of this Society (1868, pp. 225-228). I have now 
also examined the Eels, which are evidently very well represented in 
that part of the ocean. Their descriptions will be found in the eighth 
volume of the ‘Catalogue of Fishes ;’ but I may mention that the 
new genus Myroconger is of great interest, being a Murena with 
pectoral fins. The following list contains twenty-one species, which 
raise the total number of fishes collected by Mr. Melliss to fifty-six. 
As in my former paper, I have marked the localities from which the 
species were previously known, thereby indicating the affinity of 
this fauna to that of other parts of the Atlantic :— 
1. Polymizxia nobilis, Lowe. Madeira. 
2. Myripristis jacobus, C. & V. West Indies, Brazil. 
. Chetodon dichrous, sp. n. 
. Auxis rochei, Risso. Tropical seas. 
Caranxz erumenophthalmus, Bl. Tropical seas. 
. Caranx hippos, L. Tropical seas. 
. Antennarius pinniceps, C. & V. Tropical seas. 
. Antennarius multiocellatus, var. 3, Gthr. Caribbean Sea. 
- Acanthurus chirurgus, Bl. Atlantic coasts of Tropical Ame- 
rica and Africa. 
10. Heliastes marginatus, Castel. Coasts of Brazil and California. 
11. Saurus atlanticus, Johnson. Madeira, Zanzibar. 
12. Saurus myops, Forst. Tropical seas. 
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