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ALPHABETICAL List OF THE MORE ImpoRTANT CONTRIBUTORS 
TO THE COLLECTION OF FISHES. 
Admiralty, Lords of the. 
The collection of Fishes made during the voyage of H.M. Ships 
Erebus and Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Ross: 
presented in 1844. 
The Fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the 
command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher: presented in 1844. 
The Fishes obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Herald, under the 
command of Captain Kellett: presented in 1856. 
The above collections were separately reported on by Sir John 
Sse and they contain the types of the new species described 
y him. 
Bleeker (Pierer). [1819-1878] 
‘he Fishes received from Dr. Bleeker during the years 1859-1867 
included all the types of the species described and figured by him in the 
first four volumes of the “ Atlas Ichthyologique,” and also the types of 
many species described in the later volumes. The British Museum 
Collection contains the types of the Siluride, Cyprinide, Clupeide, 
Muraenidz, Labridz, Pleuronectide, Gymnodontes, Lophobranchii and 
Elasmobranchii described by Dr. Bleeker. 
Congo Free State, Secretary of State of the. 
The collections presented during the years 1898-1901 formed, to a 
great extent, the basis of Mr. Boulenger’s work, “‘ Les Poissons du Bassin 
du Congo,” published in 1901, and contain co-types of the new species 
described therein, and tigured in the “Annales du Musée du Congo,” 
1898-1902. 
Coppinger (Ricnarp WILLIAM). 
During the survey of H.M.S. Alert in the years 1880-1882 
Dr. Coppinger made collections of Fishes from the Straits of Magellan and 
the South Pacific, and presented them to the Museum, where they have 
been reported upon by Dr. Giinther. 
Day (Francis). [1829-1889] 
A large collection of Fishes made by Mr. Day and bequeathed by him 
to the Museum, was acquired at his death in 1889. It included 4400 
Indian Fishes and 155 British Saimonidw, many of them being co-types 
of the species described by him in the “ Fishes of India,” or illustrating 
his account of the “Fishes of Great Britain,” and “British and Irish 
Salmonide.” 
Dow (J. C.). 
Fishes obtained by Captain Dow in Central America and presented by 
him to the Museum in 1861, 1864. and 1867, formed, with the collections 
made by Messrs. Godman and Salvin in 1859 and 1865, the basis of 
Dr. Giinther’s “ Fishes of Central America,” published in the “ Trans- 
actions of the Zoological Society ” in 1868. 
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