542 Zoology. 



1890. 



1587 additions were made to the collection. Fishes obtained 

 during the French Talisman and Cape Horn Expeditions, 

 mostly duplicates of bathybial species described by Prof. 

 Yaillant, were received from the Paris Museum. A series of 

 Deep-sea Fishes from the Indian Ocean, obtained during the 

 survey of H.M.S. Investigator, was procured from the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta; this contained co-types of many of the 

 species described by Dr. A. Alcock, as did each of the series 

 subsequently received in 1891, 1895, 1896 and 1898. Mr. J. Y. 

 Johnson presented 13 Deep-sea Fishes from Madeira, including 

 the types of 4 new species described by him, and Sir J. Murray 

 76 specimens from off the Scottish Coast. Prof. A. Agassiz gave 

 a number of Brazilian Fishes, mostly obtained during his father's 

 expedition ; and a collection from Australia was transferred from 

 the Imperial Institute. 



1891. 



The accessions numbered 1772. The collection made by Dr. 

 and Mrs. Eigenmann in British North America and California, 

 including the types of the new species described by them, was 

 purchased in this and the two following years. A series from 

 various parts of the Russian Empire, including the types of many 

 species described by Dr. Herzenstein, was received from the 

 St. Petersburg Museum. A collection made in China by Mr. 

 A. E. Pratt, containing the types of new species described by 

 Dr. Gunther, and one from the Sittang River, Burmah, made 

 by Mr. E. W. Oates, and including several desiderata, and types 

 of new species described by Mr. Boulenger, were presented. 

 Series from Ceylon and from the coast of Ireland were given 

 by Mr. H. Nevill and Dr. Grenfell respectively. 



1892. 



1582 specimens were received, including a collection from the 

 West Coast of Ireland, presented by the Royal Dublin Society, 

 one of Fresh-water Fishes from Siberia, obtained from the 

 St. Petersburg Museum, and one from Matto Grosso, Brazil, 

 including many rarities and the types of new species described 

 by Mr. Boulenger, presented by Messrs. Moore and Evans 



