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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the British Museum, Vol. 1: Containing the Centrarchidae, Percidae, and Serranidae (Part) From the British Ichnds numerous specimens, many of great interest, were received. Large collections were those made by Dr. J. Murray on the West Coast of Scotland in 1887 and following years, and by the Rev. W. S. Green off the West Coast of Ireland in 1889. In the latter year the Museum received also a collection of British Salmonoids and marine fishes brought together by the late Mr. Francis Day, and presented by him shortly before his death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.