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later known for his work on fossil forms, those of ^Mississippi, 

 Alfredi) Duges, of Guanajuato, those of Central Mexico. 



Samuel Garman, at Harvard University, a student of 

 Agassiz, is the author of numerous valuable papers, the most 

 notable being on the sharks and on the deep-sea collections 

 of the Albatross in the Galapagos region, the last illustrated 

 bA' plates of most notable excellence. Other important mono- 

 graphs of Garman treat of the Cyprinodonts and the Discoboli. 



The present writer began a " Systematic Catalogue of the 

 Fishes of North America" in 1875 in association with his gifted 

 friend, Herbert Edson Copeland (1849-76), Avhose sudden 

 death, after a few promising beginnings, cut short the under- 

 taking. Later, Charles Henry Gilbert (i860-), a student of 

 Professor Copeland, took up the work and in 1883 a "Synop- 

 sis of the Fishes of North America" -was completed by Jordan 

 and Gilbert. Later, Dr. Gilbert has been engaged in studies 

 of the fishes of Panama, Alaska, and other regions, and the 

 second and e'^largecl edition of the "Synopsis" was completed 

 in 1898, as the "Fishes of North and Middle America," in col- 

 laboration with another of the writer's students. Dr. Barton 

 Warren Evemiann. A monographic review of the Fishes of 

 Puerto Rico was later (1900) completed by Dr. Evertnann, 

 together with numerous minor works. Other naturalists ■whom 

 the Avriter mav be proud to claim as students are Charles 

 Leslie McKay (1854-83), drowned in Bristol Bay, Alaska, while 

 engaged in explorations, and Charles Henry Bollman (1S68- 

 8q), stricken with fever in the Okefinokee Swamps in Georiga. 

 Still others were Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann, the indefatigable 

 investigator of Brazilian fishes and of the blind fishes of the 

 caves ; Dr. Oliver Peebles Jenkins, the first thorough explorer 

 of the fishes of Hawaii ; Dr. Alembert Winthrop Brayton, 

 explorer of the streams of the Great Smoky ilountains ; Dr. 

 Seth Eugene Jleek, explorer of Mexico ; John Otterbein Snvder, 

 explorer of Mexico, Japan, and Hawaii ; EdAvin Chapin Starks, 

 explorer of Puget Sound and Panama and investigator of fish 

 osteology. Still other naturalists of the coming generation, 

 students of the present writer and of his life-long associate. 

 Professor Gilliert, have eontriliuted in various degrees to the 

 present fabric of American ichthyology. Among them are 



