146 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Pisces — continued. 



Examples of the Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) of Loch 

 Lomond ; presented hy H. Lamard, Esq. 



An albino Plaice from Grimsby ; presented hy the Fish- 

 mongers' Company, 



An albino Haddock from the North Sea ; presented hy W. J. 

 Howlett, Esq. 



A rare Scombroid Fish (Thyrsites pretiosus), from the 

 London Market ; presented hy C. W. Edwards, Esq. 



A File-fish (Batistes capriscihs) from Dartmouth ; presented 

 hy F. J. B. Bechford, Esq. 



A hybrid Rudd x Bream, from Norfolk ; presented hy A. J. 

 Rudd, Esq. 



Nineteen deep-sea Fishes from off the West Coast of Ireland, 

 including a Chimaera (Harriotta raleighana) new to the 

 Collection and the types of two new species (Cyttosoma helgce 

 and GrammaAostoma Jiagelliharbis) ; presented hy the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and Fisheries for Ireland. 



A remarkable Trout from Lough Carra, Co. Mayo ; pre- 

 sented hy Col. R. F. Meysey Thompson. 



Examples of a rare Skate {Raia undulata), from Brittany ; 

 presented hy G. A. Boulenger, Esq., F.R.S. 



Asia. 



A rare Sturgeon (Acipenser orientalis), from the Amur; 

 presented hy the Fishmongers'' Company. 



Seventy-three Fishes from Japan ; presented hy R. Gordon- 

 Smith, Esq. 



Twenty-four Fishes from the Persian Gulf and the Mekran 

 Coast ; loresented hy F. W. Townsend, Esq. 



Co-types of Oreimis haileyi, from Tibet, and Triacanthus 

 weheri, from Madras ; received in exchange from the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



Africa. 



Twenty specimens from British East Africa, among them 

 examples of the Trout introduced in Nairobi ; presented hy 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B., C.M.G. 



Twenty-seven specimens collected in German East Africa 

 by Dr. E. J. Baxter. 



Eighty-seven specimens from the Lake Ngami district, 

 Bechuanaland, including examples of several new species, 

 collected by Mr. R. B. Woosnam : ^presented hy the Royal 

 Society. 



Twenty-one specimens from Rhodesia, including a new 

 Barbel {Barhus rogersi) ; presented hy the Rev. F. A. Rogers 

 and E. G. Chuhh, Esq. 



