APPENDIX III
DR. A. GUNTHER ON R E P T ILE S AND FISH ES 1
Report on a Collection o f Reptiles and Fishes made by Miss M.
H. Kingsley during her travels on the OgowS River and in
Old Calabar. By Dr. A. GÜNTHER, F.R.S.
[Plates 1,1 -11.]
Miss Ma r y H. K in g s l e y , on returning from her first visit to
the West Coast of Africa in 1894, brought with her a miscellaneous
collection of zoological specimens, sufficiently large
to show the interest- she took in the fauna of the countries
visited by her. Last year she started again from England,
with the object of extending her travels in the interior of the
Gaboon country; and as she intended to follow during a part
of this expedition the course of the Ogow6 River, she readily
fell in with my view that an opportunity of collecting the
fishes of this mighty river should not be lost. The means of
preserving and transporting the specimens were naturally
limited, as Miss Kingsley travelled alone with a native crew ;
besides, whilst traversing the region of the rapids, which
extends over some hundred of miles, the upsetting of her
canoe was a matter of frequent occurrence. Nevertheless she
succeeded in bringing home in excellent condition a collection
of eighteen species of Reptiles and about sixty-five species
of Fishes, which will be enumerated or described in this
paper, besides a number of other, especially entomological,
specimens.
During a temporary stay at Old Calabar and a visit to the
island of Corisco some freshwater fishes were added to the
main collection from the Ogowe River. These will be also
embodied in the present paper, whilst the marine species,
being all well known, are omitted.
1 Reprinted by permission from the Annals and Magazine o f Natural
History, 6th series, No. 100. April, 1896.
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