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Batrachia — continued. 



Fourteen Batrachians from Southern Nigeria and the French 

 Congo ; presented by P. A. Talbot, Esq. 



Twenty-three Frogs from the Algerian Sahara, collected by 

 Dr. E. Hartert ; presented^ by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 F.R.S. 



America. 



Eleven specimens from the West Indies and Colombia, 

 including representatives of five species (Prostherapis boulen- 

 geri, Atelopus gracilis, Hylodes javiaicensis, H. varians, 

 Bufo empusus), new to the collection ; received in exchange 

 from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 



Twenty-six Batrachians collected in Eastern Ecuador by 

 Mr. M. G. Palmer, including types of three new Frogs {Hy- 

 lodes ventrimarmoratus, H. margaritifer, Phyllomedusa 

 lor is). 



Twelve Batrachians, collected in Eastern Peru by Mr. E. 

 Boettger, including types of two new Frogs {Edalorhina 

 nasuta, Hyla melanopleura). 



Pisces. 



The additions numbered 2,035, of which 1,385 were acquired 

 by presentation, 630 by purchase, and 20 by exchange ; the 

 following are the most important : — 



From Various Localities. 



Seventy-one Fishes from various localities, including ex- 

 amples of several species new to the collection and the type 

 of a new Cyprinodont {Rivulus strigaMis) from the Amazon ; 

 presented by Herr J. Paul Arnold. 



Europe. 



Ten Fishes from deep water off the Irish Coast, including 

 the type of Raia bathyphila and a specimen of Scopelopsis 

 lyiultipunctata, new to the collection ; presented by E. W. L. 

 Holt, Esq. 



One hundred and forty-five Fishes from deep water oiF the 

 Irish Coast ; presented by L. W. Byrne, Esq. 



A Char {Salvelinus trevelyani) from Lough Finn; presented 

 by Gapt. J. S. Hamilton. 



Two Char {Salvelinus colii) from Lough Gortyglass ; pre- 

 sented by F. B. Henn, Esq. 



A Twaite Shad (Clupea Jinta) from Killarney, caught in 

 January ; presented by John Hilliard, Esq. 



Thirty-five Sticklebacks {Gastrosteus aculeatus and G. 

 pungitius) from Ireland ; presented by R. Patterson, Esq. 



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