

Fishes. 549 



Leyden Museum. 



A collection of Fishes from Japan, containing duplicates of many 

 species described by Prof. Schegel in the " Fauna Japonica ;" purchased 



in 1844. 



Lowe (Richard Thomas). 



Fishes from Madeira, the Canary Isles, etc., collected and described by 

 the Rev. R. T. Lowe, including many types, were presented by him during 

 the years 1859-1864. J 



Newnes (Sir George). 



The collection made during the voyage of the Southern Cross in 

 Antarctic waters, containing the types of the new species described by 

 Mr. Boulenger in his Report, was presented by Sir George Newnes 

 in 1902. " ° 



Paris Museum. 



Specimens from the French Talisman and Cape Horn expeditions, 

 mostly duplicates of bathybial species described by Prof. Vaillant, were 

 received in exchange from the Paris Museum in 1890. 



Parnell (Richard). [ -1882] 



A collection of Fishes from the Firth of Forth and Scottish Rivers, 

 containing the types of the species described by Dr. Parnell in his essay 

 " On the Fishes of the Firth of Forth," was presented by him in 1839. 



Playfair (Sir Robert Lambert). [1828-1899] 



Collections of Fishes from Zanzibar, forming the basis of Giinther and 

 Play fair's " Fishes of Zanzibar," published in 1866, and containing the 

 types of the new species described therein, were presented by Sir Lambert 

 Playfair during the years 1864-1869. 



Reeves (John). [1774-1856] 



The Fishes collected in China by Mr. J. Reeves and his son during 

 the years 1812-1831, together with a series of drawings taken from living 

 or fresh specimens, formed the basis of Sir John Richardson's " Report on 

 the Ichthyology of China," published in 1845. 



Salvin (Osbert). [1835-1898] 

 See Dow. 



Smith (Sir Andrew). [1797-1872] 



Fishes from the Cape of Good Hope, collected by Sir A. Smith, M.D., 

 including the types of most of the species described by him in the 

 "Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa," 1838-1849. Some of 

 these were presented by Sir A. Smith to the British Museum in 1851, 

 others to the Royal Naval Hospital of Haslar, these latter coming into the 

 possession of the British Museum in 1855, with the rest of the Haslar 

 collection. 



Smithsonian Institution. 



In 1861 and 1880 collections of American Fishes were presented by 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and in 1896 a large series of deep-sea Pishes 

 from off the coasts of North America, including the types of many species 



