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The remaining collections may be considered in chronological order ; they 

 include : — - 



(1) Fishes from Mexico and Central America collected by A. Salle in 1S50 and 



following years, 



(2) Co-types of some of the species described by Baird and Girard, received from 



the Smithsonian Institution in 1861. 



(3) A collection from Southern Mexico, purchased of A. Boucard in 1868. 



(4) A small series from Guatemala, collected by Mr. F. C. Sarg, acquired in 1880. 



(5) A collection made by Mr. C. Patrick Geddes in Mexico (Vera Cruz, Puebla, and 



Mexico) and presented by him in 1880. 



(6) A series from Presidio, Sinaloa, collected by A. Forrer ; purchased in 1883. 



(7) A collection made by the Rev. J. Robertson in British Honduras; purchased in 



1890 and 1891. 



(8) Two collections made in Mexico by Dr. A. C. Buller — one from Vera Cruz 



and Oaxaca, the other from Guanajuato, Jalisco and Michoacan ; acquired in 

 1890 and 1892 respectively. 



(9) Series of fishes from the Rio Grande, Chihuahua, Salamanca, and Mexico 



City, collected by Mr. A. J. Woolman, and including a few co-types of species 

 described by him ; purchased in 1892. 



(10) A collection from San Luis Potosi, including several co-types, received from 



Dr. D. S. Jordan in 1900. 



(11) Fishes collected by Dr. H. Gadow in Vera Cruz and Oaxaca in 1902. 



(12) Co-types of some of the species described by Gill and Bransford from Lake 



Nicaragua, sent by the Smithsonian Institution in 1905. 



(13) A few co-types of species described by Vaillant and Bocourt, received from 



the Paris Museum in 1906. 



(14) Recently acquired collections made in Costa Rica by H. Pittier, P. Biolley, 

 H. Rogers and C. F. Underwood. 



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In addition to these, we may mention three collections of marine fishes, containing 

 examples of species new to the British Museum of Galeichthys, Mugil, Centropomus, 

 and other genera which enter fresh water. Two of these are from Panama, one 

 acquired from A. Boucard in 1875 and the other from Dr. Jordan in 1903 ; the 

 third is from Mazatlan. received from Dr. Jordan in 1895 



