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Ten specimens from the Mentawei Islands, West Sumatra; 

 presented by Dr. E. Modigliani. 



Ninety-seven specimens from North Borneo, Balabac, and 

 Palawan, including several Frogs, new or previously unrepre- 

 sented in the collection, collected by A. H. Everett, Esq. ; 

 purchased. 



Nine specimens from Luzon ; presented by the subscribers 

 to the Whitehead Expedition Fund. 



Type specimens of two new Frogs (Rhacophorus edentulus 

 and Sphenophryne celehensis), from Celebes ; presented by 

 the Drs. Sarasin. 



A new Frog {Hylamhates millsoni), from the Mouth of the 

 Niger ; presented by Alvan Millson, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from Madagascar ; purchased. 



Type specimens of two new Frogs {Rana aluta and 

 Rhacophorus libra), from Madagascar; presented by Count 

 Peracca. 



Ten specimens from Nicaragua, collected by R. A. Rix, 

 Esq. ; presented by W. Crowfoot, Esq. 



Fifteen specimens from Nicaragua ; purchased. 



Twenty-two specimens from Costa Rica, including a Frog 

 new to the collection (Rana chrysoprasina) ; purchased. 



A Frog {Hyla prosoblepon), new to the collection, from 

 Costa Rica ; received in exchange from the Senckenberg 

 Museum. 



A Csecilia, new to the collection (Herpele ochrocephala), 

 from Panama ; presented by the Christiania Museum. 



Fourteen specimens from the Andes of Venezuela ; pur- 

 chased, 



A Csecilia (Siphonops paulensif^), new to the collection, 

 fi'om Sao Paulo, Brazil ; presented by Dr. H. von Ihering. 



Twenty-one specimens from Theresopolis, Brazil, among 

 which is a new Frog (Hyla goeldii); presented by Dr. E. A. 

 Goldi. 



Type specimens of two new Frogs (Hylodes discoidalis and 

 Paludicola borellii) from Tucuman, Argentina ; received in 

 exchange from the Turin Museum. 



Fishes. — Nine hundred and one specimens were added to 

 the collection during the year ; of these the following are the 

 more important : — 



Fifty -four specimens, mostly of large size, from the British 

 Coast ; purchased. 



Specimens of the Alpine Charr ( Salmo alpinus), from Loch 

 IBaily, Banffshire; presented by F. D. Godman. Esq., f.k.s. 



An ambi-coloured Turbot (Rhombus maximus), from 

 Yarmouth ; presented by T. Southwell, Esq. 



A partial albino of the Eel (Anguilla vulgaris), from 

 Houghton, Stockbridge ; presented by H. G. Norman, Esq. 



0.97. H 3 A gigantic 



