538 Zoology. 



1868. 



Mr. F. Day gave a collection from Southern India, containing 

 types of new species described by him, and a series of Fresh- 

 water Fishes from Minas Geraes, including the types of species 

 described by Prof. Bernhardt, was presented by the Copenhagen 

 Museum. Mr. J. C. Melliss presented a fine collection from 

 St. Helena, and the Marquis G. Doria one from Borneo 



1869. 



A series of types was obtained from the Godeffroy Museum. 

 Dr. R. O. Cunningham presented the South American Fishes 

 collected by him during the Magellan Straits Survey Expedition, 

 and Messrs. Blanford and Jesse those obtained by them during 

 the Abyssinian Expedition. 



1870. 



Collections of Fishes from India were presented by Mr. F. 

 Day and Mr. T. C. Jerdon. 



1871. 



A large collection from Australian coasts and the South 

 Pacific, containing the types of many of the species described by 

 Dr. Giinther in the " Fische der Sudsee," was obtained from the 

 Godeffroy Museum, and from Dr. Klunzinger was received a 

 series, including the types of most of the species described by him 

 from the Red Sea. A collection from Australia was presented 

 by the Australian Museum, Sydney, one from Tasmania by Mr. 

 Morton Allport, and one from the South Pacific by Mr. J. L. 

 Brenehley. Large series of Marine Fishes, obtained by Dr. A. 

 B. Meyer at Manado, Celebes, were acquired in this year and in 

 1872. 



1872. 



The total number of accessions was first recorded, being 1238. 

 These included a large collection of Fresh-water Fishes from Bengal, 

 presented by Mr. T. C. Jerdon, and one from Tasmania, con- 

 taining the types of many new species described by Dr. Giinther, 

 presented by Mr. Morton Allport. From the St. Petersburg- 

 Museum was received a series of Fresh-water Fishes of S.E. 

 Russia, and from the New Zealand Institute one of Fishes of 

 New Zealand. 



