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ACTINOPTERYGII. 
28398. Another imperfect fish 0'09 in length. Mcmtell Coll . 
49490, 49499. Two smaller specimens deepened by distortion. ^ ^ 
P. 1861. Similar fish elongated by distortion, with 29 rays in ^ 
anal fin. Egerton Co 
47315-16. Two specimens about 0 - 068 in length, the fi rs * 1 
counterpart. __ ^ 4 _ 
Presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 
46397, P. 103, P. 108. Three specimens about 0’058 in length 
47316 a. Very small fish 0‘035 in length. f 
Presented by Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., 
P. 121, P. 4784. Two large slabs exhibiting a shoal of these fi ' ' 
Lewis Cot*- 
K.C.B. 
1374. 
47312. Smaller slab with a few fine specimens. 
Presented by Sir Richard Owen 
P. 9240. Slab with three specimens. . t 
Presented by Lady Esther Stan ^ 
25779. Another small slab with small specimens. Dixon 
P. 9241. Slab with similar specimens. Enniskillen Coll . 
P- 3825. Small slab with similar specimens, labelled by^ el ^ ^ 
wim similar specimens, ^ ^ 
and Agassiz as being the type specimen of Clupea b("‘ 
TT TT * „ Hist . Nat. vol. *** 
;iz, Poiss. Foss, vol./- 
II. D. de Blainville, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist 
(1818), p. 305; noticed by Agassiz 
pt. ii. (1844), p. 117. The fishes are typical • * . ^ 
simus and do not agree oither with Blainville ' l ' rlD , . on 
description or with the specimen in the Regie} Co c 
subsequently described by Agassiz ( loc . ext. I>- I ’ P ' « 
fig. 2) as Chipea heurardi'. Enniskilltn 
Diplomystus birdi, A. S. Woodward. 
1895. Diplomystus birdi, A. S. Woodward, Ann. Mag. i' at ' 
vol. xv. p. 3, pi. i. figs. 2-4. 
Type. Nearly complete fish ; British Museum. tl , e 
A small deep-bodied species attaining a length of about • ’ 
i • best be 
Owing to the uncertain meaning of this specific name, it u aI1 oB 
suppressed. The present writer has never seen a specimen irom 
agreeing with the description given by Agassiz. 
