STUDIES ON
THE
FAUNA
CARIBBEAN
E.
H.
CURAÇAO
OF
ISLANDS:
van Rijgersma
No. 39.
little-known
a
-
OTHER
AND
Naturalist of St. Martin
(Netherlands
Antilles)
by
L.B.
(Rijksmuseum
Holthuis
Natuurlijke Historié, Leiden)
van
In the second half of the nineteenth
bution to and
of
especially
that
H.
island,
remained
St. E.
almost
Martin,
unknown
this
From
information
State
kindly placed
very
probably
until was
the
where
furlough to
he
left
she
post
seven
From
his
wrote:
His
curator
of
in
the
autumn
of
assembling
than
as
that
a
of
VAN
the
doctor,
soorten
26
Dutch
on
with
June
till
from
to live
on
He At
until
of
St.
children.
once
1874.
Martin
RIJGERSMA
two
Amsterdam. St.
practised
island
and
(or was
obstetrician,
VAN
1877, only
March
and
returning was
his
mar-
death
1893,
when
children.
was
interested
December van
but he
Indian
wife
Overzee
ELING
1835,
and
1863,
West his
Zaken
of
studied; surgeon
4 March
1873
of her
Rijksmuseum
Oostindische
he
1863
RIJGERSMA
letter dated
van
HENDRIK
where
probably
with five
that
beginning
dated
Spring
Rijksarchief (Nether-
at the
as
the
his death
from
the
Ministerie
appears
or
60,
on
widow continued
a
it
1834
No.
GRÄFING,
In
of the
not known
Decree
Netherlands
in molluscs.
"eenige
By
neighbouring islands;
disposal by
Netherlands,
St. Martin until
the
my
Office
Physician
youth onwards,
especially
It is
Netherlands,
children.
VOLLENHOVEN, he
on
in
HENRIETTA
went back to
and
By Royal
went
to the
name,
of
has
however,
time better known
Overseas)
born
in the
Government he
MARIA
was
origin.
Marken,
1863.
year
He filled this
ried
of Frisian
appointed
Martin,
on
RIJGERSMA
island of
the
on
Affairs
of
at
Record
and the
Archives)
VAN
medical officer
RIJGERSMA enabled specialists
VAN
long
a
Antilles,
Indian islands.
(Netherlands Ministry ELINGSZ.)
for
was
other West
many
lands
fauna
contri-
important
biologists.
St. Martin and the
study the fauna of
to
the
by
whose
Dutch
to
important zoological collections
result,
made
was
RIJGERSMA,
VAN
an
century
the fauna of the Netherlands
knowledge of
our
1868 to
Natuurlijke
[Conchylien],
doch
in
natural
S. C.
Historié
weinig,
history,
SNELLEN at
VAN
Leiden,
kocht
ik
als
70
jongen
zeelieden
van
platteland
was
er
tijdens mijn verblijf in Holland,
while
uitgezonderd" [as a boy, of
shells from
of
opportunity
no
as
he arrived
soon as
in
specimens; which
"misschien
zogt
heb"
five
years]. of
groups
huiden
keep
Besides
visschen
my
August VAN
Sciences
such
came
of
palaeontologist
Danish
[sic]
natural
sciences,
question
COPE'S
that
I
to
all
fossils
nat.
If, by
of
of
deposit
him
in
in
him
also
elected
229,
p.
393,
in
other
eigen
voor
als
vogel[I only
dated
(letter
by
[of reptiles] of
species,
from
St.
of insects from and
and several
St. five
1870,
p.
&
SHEPPARD,
of the
obtained
“Pelecanus
W.I., presented by
Dr.
R.
the
him,
from
of the
Martins";
"two
from
species
of twelve St.
E.
Van
of birds
In
1872
and two
on
any case,
spelt
H.
were
"Two
(see
Evan
to
of
jars
St.
many
asterioids, "the
of
of
RIJ-
of the
Martins"; [of fishes], specimens "Two and
corals,
jaw
Acad,
VAN
spiders
six
is
COPE
successful.
receipt
cephalopods";
two
it
and
Rijgersma).
collections of
of
27 October
arouse
from
if
Corre-
Proc.
certainly
another
Martins";
jars
Martins",
237).
In
in
with
course
was
induced
1869 mentions
and
secure,
the
COPE
Academy
[of birds]
of crustaceans,
collection
fuscus
for
to
Philadelphia,
Academy hoped
"a collection
collection
p.
is
name
in
the
deposit
complied
collector
a
Academy.
Academy
St.
of
as
collection, they
of the
from St.
1870,
and
that time
Sciences
the
of
says
of the of
departments
collected
At
with
himself
physician
RIJGERSMA
he
which
Whale" ; "Nine
The
of birds
colonial all
Natuurlijke
contact
COPE
head,
in
VAN
Martin.
in which his
sponges,
Sperm
235—237).
specimens (5 species) TURNBULL
of
species
teeth of the
it."
twenty-five species,
"A
his
examination
good qualities
Martins";
Martins";
this
of
Academy
van
via the well-known
originated
On
an
of Natural
RIJGERSMA:
VAN
the
of
how
certainty
interested
make
St.
their
of the Curators"
Museum
Rijgersma,
Correspondent
upon
extending
COPE.
fossils
on
Academy
collection
Academy
insects]
Rijksmuseum
that it
excavating
RIJGERSMA'S
was
the
with
van
was
to
lections, comprising seventy specimens
(LEIDY,
ge-
other natural
exchange
and
en
for it for
moet verruilen"
Anguilla, containing fossils],
many
and
forty-one specimens
Gorgonia
history insects,
collected
ik alleen
voorwerpen,
to
me
reptiles
the
say
D.
Martins,
asking
VAN
items sent
sixteen
to
Dr. E.
that
this honour
interest
small
one
forces
with
with
quite likely
of the
1868,
"Report
and
corresponding member
conferring
following "A
as
Phila.
GERSMA'S For the
plaats
aan
room
of
was
Almost
gegaard
over
also
RIJGERSMA
VAN
skins, fishes,
EDWARD
Saint
sent
RIJGERSMA
VAN
Sci.
of
Tellinas],
gathering specimens
natuurhistorische
relations
it is
time,
Anguilla,
that
propose him
but
discovered
and
visits to
impossible
1868
been
species
there
collect natural
vijf jaaren
er
bij gebrek
possible
not
wrote
sponding Secretary not
birds'
learned
of
Island
request,
various
It is
about,
[a phosphate
possible,
ik
I have
andere
Philadelphia,
1) : "Having
p.
daar
pleasure, lack
as
few
a
he mentioned his collection
molluscs
doch
maintained
of
Leiden.
at
Philadelphia
(1883,
is
Indian
1868).
RIJGERSMA
Historié
own
from
shells, apart
RIJGERSMA began to
VAN
insekten
&
reptilen
few East
het
op
tellina's
eenige
country district,
a
the molluscs for himself: "daar
kept only
schelpen bewaar,
the shells for
Natural
and
in
praktiserende
doen,
te
op
bought a
practising
August 1868,
onbelangrijk
insects
but
animals,
history specimens, 8
8
I
Holland,
was
of Dutch
Martin
dated
niet
I
[is perhaps not unimportant,as
de
plezier
St.
on
letter
a
hold
getting
in
living
when
later,
seamen;
later
en
Nederlandsche
gelegenheid
geen
a
a
colone
large
Dolphin
of vertebrates from St. Martins"
proves
to
received in the
consist
May
Ornithological
Querquedula discors,
Riggersma" (LEIDY,
1873,
of "6 mounted
1869
(see HOOPER,
Section
from St.
p.
283),
of the
Martins, while
in
71
1873 and
the
Rev.
of the on
meant, lying
E.
R.
21
for the
record
(see NOLAN, 1871, from
to
on
that he
elected
was
(cf. ROBERTS, for
"From Rev.
two
p.
343).
by
is
island
of
R. E.
Dr.
possible
Ten
of
addressed
the material
passed
on
molluscs
more
2
the fact
of
the
to BEADLE
Academy
RIJGERSMA
VAN
1871
February
his thanks
archives from
correspondence
following Mollusca,
strengthened by
expressed
in the
preserved
of
species
Section
Conchological
mentioned
presented
is
1869,
the annual
RIJGERSMA
VAN
RIJGERSMA
VAN
of the
still
that
In
are
240).
p.
1870 contains the
for
Section
RIJGERSMA
VAN
RIJGERSMA
E. R. Beadle.
cephalopods
other
no
1870,
VAN
The letter in which he
of distinction
Sciences; however,
vertebrates
the
Conchological
letter to
a
and that the latter then
that
supposition
Correspondent
1872,
this token
Natural
of the
sent
(cf. BEADLE,
contributions
personally,
the
small
Montserrat] ... presented by
Sciences,
W.I." It is
Martin's,
besides
Academy,
no
of
[probably
432).
p.
155):
p.
to BEADLE
the Museum. The
the
to
W.I.
acquisitions, although the report
St.
consignments
and
of Natural
following years
the section's
principally
Nevis
collection
a
Redowda,
collections"
May 1869, "soliciting
among
his
1874,
Isle
BEADLE, Corresponding Secretary
Philadelphia Academy
reports
containing
jax
the
between
Riggersma" (LEIDY,
The
"A
from
invertebrates,
is
Redonda Van
received
Academy
some
of be
can
found there. I
do
after
not
1873
VAN
whether
know I
;
have
letter
"alleen
Westindische
a
die
Pholadomya
Natural
shells but
has
Cope
Natural
The
T.
collection SNELLEN museum
letters dated
8
mij
for
VAN
I
only
them them
were
doen"
[I
observed alone into
as
little
paper
likewise
en
ik lid
become
van
West I
ge-
Indian
still
lack),
Mr. Edw.
as
the
of
zeker
the Académie
which
America,
member
a
contri-
admiralis,
zij mij
only
possess
from
his
Conus
zullen
Pholadomya,
ones
for
VOLLENHOVEN:
VAN
Spondylus, America
beloofd,
RIJGERSMA
VAN
exchange
Curator
Historié.
en
de
hunne
om
paid
things
VAN
of the
to
26
1868,
in
kleine
him
Division
D.
Academy
of
of
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
into
touch
so
much
species
to
their
unsuitable for
RIJGERSMA:
to
S.
C.
Rijks-
letter
moths
to
zal ik
the small
ze
alleen
collecting.
But
the Museum
now
registers
"550 Insecten uit allerlei
I shall three
orden,
I
ver-
ze
als
in peper-
moths
but
wrote:
de
maar
ijverig
candle
lively movements,
are
Appa-
first letter with
RIJGERSMA
VAN
bezig hield,
Thans
they
1869.
August
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
loopen.
attention
and
the
VOLLENHOVEN:
and 25
levendige bewegingen gaande slaande, liet
with
Entomology of
VAN
1869,
second
candle
saw
get
Natuurlijke
van
It was established
of the Leiden Museum contain four
March
his
who
to
SNELLEN
reacted
for
Rijksmuseum
Hague,
The records
te verzamelen
different
The
advised
addressed
met
the
and
of rather short duration.
from
Martin, and
cornets]. According
received from
missing
have
VOLLENHOVEN
never
the
in
from
that effect.
SNELLEN
geworden" [I
RIJGERSMA
December
zelden
soorten,
van
admiralis,
I
lawyer
a
St.
RIJGERSMA
dingetjes ongeschikt huisjes
and
Microlepidoptera,
vroeger
schillende
VAN
Natuurlijke
VAN
ben
ik,
heeft
mij
ze
the
get
evidently
VOLLENHOVEN,
August 1868,
request
"ik
was
visiting
SNELLEN
rently a
van
from
to
to
Philadelphia].
STOLK,
VAN
VAN
them
between
while
bezit
Conus
able to
me
of
at Leiden
Cope
Philadelphia
be
promised
contact
Mr.
te
material
wrote
(uitgezonderd
ontbreken)
Spondylus,
certainly
Sciences
Historié via
for
he
material
indications
any
other
1868
conchylien
noch
mij
Science
(except
I shall
received
den Heer Edw. D.
daar
worden,
to find
of December
In
received
Academy
able
RIJGERSMA probably
butions.
of
the
not been
before;
always
start
left
putting
consignments
waaronder vele
72
insects
Microlepidoptera" [550 in
June
is
(this
1869
tin
Guadeloupe" [kerosine RIJGERSMA
VAN
Zeer
kleine
December
of
[60 species
for
exchange cies"
shells
[523
The
these insects is
and
of
VAN
on
be
Martin
who
priest,
had
itself. At
gave him
consignment
that
helft
Conchylien" [for
mijner
VAN
die lid who
van
is
sciences a
au
got
the
in
entom.
France
and
(4)
Redonda
(see
to
him to
cations,
in
so
of
VAN
1868
of
het
Leiden
shells]
Reptilia
from St.
is"
specimens
à
at
la
in return
the
1858, à
but
[ses]
December
"professeur
Guadeloupe",
in
de
1868).
KOKLMANN,
dated
time
first
"voor
Koklmann,
friend
(letter one
French
a
December vriend
[my
Martin,
1872.
lived
island,
"mijn
or
satisfait
pas
for
dated
of
studied
entry concerning
no
Museum)
(letter
France
de
were
not restricted
as
1874, seen;
was
who
de
became
struck
off the
engagements" (1869,
in his
He
(among
obtained
letter of 25
also
others,
material
from
1869 to
August
ongeschonden exemplaar (op rum)
Sombrero"
been
Martin.
St.
to
Eustatius
He
432).
p. and
"een
eiland
has
St.
(fossils),
from the island
which,
—
of
[an undamaged specimen,
Sombrero],
shown
almost all Americans
a
they
known to
are
knowledge
been
COPE,
of the second
RIJGERSMA
it in
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
As has
have —
discussed
RIJGERSMA,
DRINKER
herpetologist asked
as
the
VAN
Fossils.
EDWARD
In
far
groups,
the work I.
zoologists
important
The
Cope
and
shells,
RIJGERSMA and
VAN
most
for
corvina
besides
island
Guadeloupe (evidently
KOHLMANN,
mentions
van
the
exchanged
the
1870.
January
RIJGERSMA
from
In
spe-
cxxxii).
have
he
Cope,
15
on
28
above,
which he was
willing
was
actually
sent
by
the Museum.
Various
by
corvina
of Ameiva
exchange
from
the
Anguilla
we
111
VAN
he
of
part
Basse-Terre,
LEIDY,
as
1870.
bevattende
Cope)
whom
on
Coleoptera"
September
However,
Kolkmann"
activities
from
meest
of material received with
my
n'ayant
p.
9,
VOLLENHOVEN
VAN
Ameiva
in rum,
1872.
French
Abbé
la
de
collecting
Guadeloupe by exchange,
[van]
of
entomologique
collections
together
SNELLEN
corvina
menigte
eene
of the Division of
collection
Entomological Society]
the
"comme
1869
RIJGERSMA'S
reptiles),
French
meant
of the Société
Ann. Soc.
the
"Abbé
priest
séminaire-collège
of members
VAN
of
undoubtedly
member
list
this
from
Enthomologische Vereeniging in Frankrijk
member
a
He
1868).
de
in
RIJGERSMA sent to
VAN RIJGERSMA called
sent to him
in
registers
half
were
eiland which
insects]
Alsophis rijgersmai Cope; recently
collection of insects
a
Conchylien
Ameiva
"contact"
Marigot,
16
on
"523
in the
exchange)
the
a
small
Insecten,
material
met
doos
very
het
van
Guadeloupe]
frog (No. 3895, Hylodes spec.)
a
in
found in
also
3864,
and
1958, p. 53)
can
which
other
3863,
(No.
kleine
zeer
of
blikken of
Microlepidoptera]
many
insecten
island
mainly Coleoptera]
presence,
(No.
snake
a
RIJGERSMA
St.
the
the
"een
;
vol
multitude
a
van
blik
from
letter)
with
species],
presented (or given
were
animals
these
111
lizard
a
of
by BRONGERSMA, which
third
insects,
proved by
and
Sombrero,
insects
the Museum received
Amphibia,
orders, including
"kerosine
RIJGERSMA received
VAN
covering
fact that
of
soorten
"60
small
very
these
the
box
tin
[a
and
full
of in his
speaks
Insecten"
1869;
of several
evidently
to
manufacturer
said,
the
VAN
half
me,
will be
These
publi-
below, along with
considered
the
been
considerably
extended
thanks
to
following: RIJGERSMA American
in
came
into
contact with Professor
palaeontologist, ichthyologist
century, owing
fossils for him
fertilizer
material collected
papers.
collections.
of the last
collect
studied the
number of scientific
of which has
are
the famous
of
a
on
the
Philadelphia
and
to the fact that the latter
British drew
island
COPE'S
of
Anguilla.
attention
to
73
the
of
presence to
Anguilla fertilizer. nicate the
These
with
a
new
COPE
on
in
a
to the
[sic]
also
zeker
het
overblijfselen
of lime
van
fessor but All
COPE, belong large
as
these an
are
as
a
bones,
remains
to
of
of
COPE
and
Anguilla, closely
the
mentioned
February
to
I
he
of
92)
p.
Amblyrhiza : localities
that
....,
examination of the it
is also
and
the
Anguilla. 1870,
seen
At the
COPE
and L.
latidens,
(COPE,
on
p.
while
third
Anguilla by
1871C,
p.
all the fossils
Dr.
made
a
to
11
species
of
first
to
COPE
found
as
a
he
all to
as
COPE
and
result
of
L.
later
a
material
of
summarized on
the
third
cave on
of
known
of
his
St.
one
in-
from deer
Loxomylus ,
had
COPE
and
a
birds,
which
results
Anguilla
a
of the
RIJGERSMA'S
two
by
in
18 November
become
species
quadrans,
described
these
Loxomylus
in
on
VAN
18
and
publication
of
shell),
had
new
"On
From this
of mollusc
on
collector
search
be
also
inundata
the
further
Anguilla"
the
On
to
alleged
containing
paper
time
crocodile,
one
description
RIJGERSMA
Cope.
there].
description.
185).
Protribe
fossil material from
which
make
to
piece
genus.
to
sent them
Amblyrhiza
of vertebrates
was
phosphate
certainly give
Sciences
on
In the
the
de
naar
I think that there
have
no
wat
ze
inundata
will
Philosophical Society
included
of that
VAN
a
that,
species
RIJGERSMA,
by
for
special trip
made
brief
a
102). Finally, collected
of
183—188).
p.
ik
phosphate deposits. Finally,
RIJGERSMA who
species
VAN
note
gave
Rijgersma
announced
gave
he
descriptions
of the American
these
another
Rijgersma found ..(p.
VAN
I
Natural
of
zoo
the Chinchilla
whole skeleton.
individuals.
which
mentioned
oval knife
608)
COPE a
Dr.
belonging
caves;
five rodents.
found
of
fossils
Anguilla
was
meeting
(1871b,
vestigations, the
it
(a long
of the
nearly
genoemd
according
body,
de een
aldaar behoor"
Amblyrhiza
the
er
Allen heb
to
in
ligchaamsdeel,
fossils in the
Loxomylus longidens, of
1870b,
is
the of
part
Academy
detailed
gentleman
that
artifact
animal
artifact in these
an
requested
locality
the
every
ik
ook in
animal
ieder
Academi
some
related
nearly
als
rodent
there, which,
cave
published
but
published
"Having
a
animal
the
species,
RIJGERSMA
VAN
in
found
dat
heeft het dier
zijn.
manu-
RIJGERSMA
VAN
denk dat
Naturkundige
different
to
ik
313).
p.
probable
assembled. For,
gevonden
bijna van
en
At
1868,
among
from the
1869,
large
kennen,
it is
vernemen
heb
a
1869 a,
already
deer, hij
a
from
but
obtained
te
individuen
de
idea
good
a
Loxomylus longidens (see COPE, descriptions
some
dozen
belong
new
a
tot
almost
Amblyrhiza,
presence
1870,
a
(1869b,
named
related
doen
that I have
named
from
getting
20
1869
he has
about
because
ik
rodent
large
a
deer,
Philadelphia, July
large as
verschillende
also
to
behooren
as
de beenderen
Aile
to learn
and
fossils
material.
December
(COPE,
26 March
as
commu-
rodent, Amblyrhiza
material,
RIJGERSMA had dated
1
described
1869
the fossils
on
additional
and
value
to
COPE
on
from
brought
possible
led
Sciences,
ongevallig zijn
Cope
omdat
you
coming
opportunity
the
only
been its
they
obtaining
February
VAN
tribe but
dozijn
een
Anguilla,
on
not
geheele geraamte goed
it will please
pit
6
on
had
chinchilla-like
large
Anguilla eenige
van
that
Anguilla
on
a
niet
volgens prof.
Philadelphia opgezonden, [Perhaps
of
what
misschien
Chinchilla
of
that
ascertain
of Natural
VOLLENHOVEN
VAN
u
Amblyrhiza inundata Cope.
zullen
us
on
to
of the collector of his
based
was
soil
object
found
species
name
groeve
welke
grot aldaar,
the
het
of Lime
Phosphate
rellied
zal
the
and there
interesting
so
published
was
fertilizer, but
"Ook
be
to
fossils
new
the
give
letter to SNELLEN
wrote:
the
and
that his communication of
examination
proved
report
omitted to
facturer
of rock
cargo
PhiladelphiaAcademy
genus
This
inundata.
a
for
RIJGERSMA with
the
report
a
gave
these
in
fossils
VAN
meeting of
COPE
fossils
Philadelphia
in
also a
been
footnote
examination Martin in
his
74
great
work
three
species
resembling by
to
Besides
one
wrote:
In
het
"In
tert.
soorten hoorens
wil
ik
het
niet
also
be
there, feel
In
tion
of
at
It
a
packages". doubt
Martin, for seems
the
Simson's
came
from
is
material
in colour
was
another
Anguilla
but
lighter
coming entirely rendered
DER
that
St.
Martin,
from
the situation
(1933, "it is
p.
261)
certain
so
myself
with
guilders] ;
183)
p.
but
p.
color
the
that
place
15),
for
that
confusing,
the
in
also
Rijgersma,
Bay".
so
p.
it
to
p. do
260, 261)
p.
Bay
came
specimens that there
package part
The that
contained can
fact it
have
VAN
come
collection of
of
last
lies not
publication
St.
by
that this
Bay
it is understandable
no
from
remains
might
the
be
of that island.
collected
treated
on
associated
came
containing
9 of his
physician
first,
(1931,
have
we
(1933,
erroneous conclusion
colonial
case
discovered
that Simson's
always on
descrip-
small Island
RUTTEN
material
indicates
reason
and
this
in
considering Amblyrhiza
the
package
not realize
certainly
his
but
made
clerical
a
begins
that
in the Dutch
"Simson's
the rest
excavations
fossils
thinking
fossil
he
large rodent
with "the
first-mentioned
all the
only
of this
Martin.
than
in
Martin.
RIJGERSMA'S above-quoted
the
St.
St.
on
mentioned
however,
But SCHREUDER
(1883,
paler
a
from
for
in the
Leiden Museum
that,
obvious that
opinion
my
The mistake made
still more
that Dr.
in
of COPE.
COPE did
and
Anguilla.
concurred
VAN
that
from
not
well-known
than
locality. Probably in
and
indicate
labelled
was
can
Clypeaster
(p. 9),
the
It is
sentence,
Martins, W.1.",
Anguilla, except
which
and
fossils
1883
out in
same
perfectly right
therefore,
Amblyrhiza latidens,
from
a
dan
mijzelf
collections
COPE
b)
In
(1870b,
the
COPE
having
material
Bay
probably,
and
of bones and teeth from Simson's
in
en
hundred
a
"The remains
thrown
COPE
rightly
SCHREUDER is
that
most
RIJGERSMA
agree
than
Martins, W.I."
and
part
(a
him.
by
by COPE,
because
that "A number
1871
was
1870
clearly
the
If the
think
uit
honderd
zoo
overheeft,
Pygaulus
I
more
inundata:
exactly
papers
on
and
1869,
fossilien
negers
fine
Anguilla,
found
to
as
191).
p.
March
van
voor
sterke
of shells.
cost
studied
of St.
in
and
pen
I
again,
and
(b),
which
Anguilla
RUTTEN,
[In
26
dated
iets
er
1957,
benevens
paar
as
COPE
by
fossil invertebrates
te maken
RIJGERSMA also collected
1870
with
described
far
so
go
accepted.
VAN
[sic]
also
from
and
not
for
een
species
will not
Island of St.
Virgin
1869,
with
it
breccia,
Island
kosten"
there
go
252, 254)
p.
WESTERMANN,
Museum
dat met
hundred
to
Amblyrhiza
here:
of the
slip
said
possible St.
"the
package,
in other
to
of
zal
fossils
inundata
came
agree
latidens, one
made
the
quite convinced
was
not
of
Virgin
March
rate,
here with
did
mass
Amblyrhiza
1933,
also collected
tertiary period.
a
b),
W. 1." The other
26
of
any
669)
a
Amblyrhiza
Anguilla,
letter
in
in
in the
like
and
reference
not with
ends,
the
negroes,
(a
source
been
has
error
of
with
a cavern
1869
the
found
were
of
denk
en
guldens
to whether
as
Amblyrhiza
with
Clypeaster,
en
Als het Leidsche
gaan,
apparently
was
with
verzamelingen
Pygaulus
quite willing
strong
differ
as
observed
in
of
papers
Anguilla
daar
honderd
am
offer which
his
toe
something
as
I
couple
Opinions
vond
birds,
ruminant
a
identical
as
VOLLENHOVEN
VAN
schoone
and
synonymized
also
probably
two
reptile,
one
rodent,
Loxomylus
single species (vide
SNELLEN
of fossils from
well
as
was
and
Amblyrhiza
ook
schelpen.
en
dan
meer
made
a
Ik
smaller
a
SCHREUDER,
RIJGERSMA
letter to
weer naar
inclined,
and
an
wel
er
of
same
VAN
Anguilla zijn
tijdvak.
them
(among
and the
his
Loxomylus
genus
forms
vertebrates,
Anguilla.
he
the
description of
a
Amblyrhiza,
genus
regarded Loxomylus longidens
all four of the
belonging
on
also
Later authors
inundata. consider
he
of the
Here
goat.
a
contains
publication
of rodents
while
COPE,
This
of 1883.
in as
1883
that SCHREU-
of MOLENGRAAFF
Martin,
obtained
75
remains As
of
and went
Amblyrhiza there, letter
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
at
afterwards, his
conclusively shows,
to
Cope's request,
first
discoveries
Anguilla." made
were
on
Anguilla. Birds.
11. As
(=
juscus
Not
much
stated
already
is
occidentalis
P.
known
LEIDY
above,
the birds
about
(1873,
occidentales
and
L.)
collected
by the
mentioned
283)
p.
discors
Querquedula
RIJGERSMA.
VAN
Pelecanus
species
Anas
(=
dis-
cors been St. Martin This statement as on VAN
L.)
was
having
published in and
logists,
it
Anas discors
lands does
name
Martin
by
such
is,
is
Antilles
collected
obscure
an
mentioned
even
three
other
VAN RI JGERSMA and
Peters,
mesonauta
and
of birds.
are
the
evidently
of which
antillarum
of the
only specimens
Bangs,
left
of
collected
before
3)
p.
St.
on
Phaeton aether eus
These
specimens
1861
are
of Natural collection
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
Nether-
(1955,
PhiladelphiaAcademy
at the Museum
arrived
they
northern
were
Cabot.
of ornitho-
publication,
Voous
However,
acuflavida
of the Museum
statement that
The
of the three
birds
birds, specimens
sandvicensis
attention
In Voous's
(1955).
Eustatius).
: Podilymbus podiceps
Sterna
still present in the collection
Sciences,
of
species
the
among
the
escaped
Voous
by
and St.
(St. Martin, Saba,
RIJGERSMA.
that it has
place
not cited
accordingly,
not
by
of course,
is,
wrong. 111.
tions.
In St.
these
new
Ameiva
were
Martin,
nicensis
The
Anolis
Cuv.,
&
together by
discussed
; however,
VAN
a name
IV.
which
rest
Fishes.
of
COPE
been
and
claimed
COPE
other
collected
named
that
by
sent
The
by
another
1908,
collection
VAN
1911,
MA'S collection which FOWLER
survey
of
new
1919)
COPE
described
of all the
the
species
187
for he
le)
a
he
(187 le)
as new.
or
had
not
of fishes which
dealt
in
VAN
■ Cuv., Gray.
to
the
the
than
Ichthyology
from
St.
Martin
thirteen
In
this
which
as
even
on
to
comprise
species these
RIJGERSMA
it
material collected
FOWLER
FOWLER
new,
publication
Ocyurus rijgersmaei;
based
with;
1919
erythrops,
and Anolis leachii
genus.
named several
Finally,
five
gave
mabia
described
Philadelphia Museum.
described
it “Amiva
certainly larger,
RIJGERSMA,
not
evidently
RIJGERSMA'S collection. In this
new
proves
comprised
COPE
be
220,
p.
RIJGERSMA to the Phila-
species
not
reptiles
would
1871d,
Hemidactylus
VAN
and
marti-
(1871a.
of
Eustatius
designated
on VAN
was
collection
"Contribution
these
VAN
species
COPE
1871
of
Iguana
Hylodes
Eustatius
species
were
different of
COPE
St.
gingivinus Cope,
86
after
by
new
species
represented
new
described
1916,
which
species
that this
from St.
important,
RIJGERSMA;
of
one
named
was
species
and
publication (COPE,
later
is based
than
a
paper
presented by
(
the
of
paper
island
To this
four
more
them
to
a
a
same
collection
COPE'S
less
VAN
RIJGERSMA
1912,
m
Anolis
var.,
great part
a
to
the
suggested,
other
group.
no
two
however, noteworthy him.
had
The
probably
was
mentioned
had
place
to science.
new
Bibron
that
on
collection of fishes
The
any
in
to
Lacep.,
aenea
species
named
other
VAN
publica-
of six
COPE the
by
of his
collection
a
assigned
was
Mabuia
collected
some
science.
RIJGERSMA,
VAN
introduction
that
amphibia
them in
to
new
material
RIJGERSMA
RIJGERSMA
of the Lesser Antilles" for
paper
the
be
and
discussed
159)
to
after
herpetological
was
sp.nov."
Museum
collections
In
this first took
one
VAN
the
of
VAN
Dum. &
sagrae
delphia
158,
gingivinus Cope,
RIJGERSMA'S
of which
Rijgersma, MS., Anolis
mentioned
proved
incorrectly,
announced,
species,
154,
p.
which
Bibron.
brought
221).
reptiles
who
species Alsophis rijgersmaei,
Dum.
553)
of
The
by COPE,
(1870a,
two
analifera.
nudicollis
Amphibia.
examined
1870 COPE
from
p.
and
Reptiles
RIJGERSMA
all
species
(1903, 1905,
from
VAN
included
gave
a
presented
is, by
1907,
RIJGERS-
four
species
comprehensive to the
Museum
76
of the
100
of Natural
Academy
that
at
The
time.
but
species,
total
V.
also been
to
and
Petrolisthes
cornuta
H.
of
from
shrimp
(Herbst) liensis
(1952,
Latreille p.
of
visit to the
recent
a
material
from
of
St.
aztecus
P.
15
three
species
The
studied.
STREETS
by
It is
groups
C.
seem
possible collected
by
are
above
show
the
easy
that
letter
uw
dated
brief
geen
aux
soins
maar
regeling
However,
May
du
clearly T.
en
gij
moet
... Op
consul
français
gezegd,
de brief toch niet voor
hem te
Philipsburg
from
kan
further
be
mentioned
jugosus
gij
Kitts.
—
Gij
Een ieder
op
de
te St.
ontvang
het
of St.
museum
schrijft
St. Martin
bestaat.
Er
of mail
Martin
in
moet
Southik
nog
volstrekt
noch brief
van
a
gij
zet
eenvoudigen verzending
in-
VAN
via
er
is
be
from
For
sending
stoomschepen
van
to
far
VOLLENHOVEN
Martin
worden
Martin
more
Martin in
moet weten dat
Een
voor
to the
VAN
naar
Philipsburg
dat iemand
gerust
per
brieven
brievenbesteller.
teregt.
St.
naar
zetten
à St.
St. Kitts in
as
or
described
conceivable.
with St.
named
fishes
must have been rendered
direct
van
of other
papers
of the fauna
to SNELLEN
adres
material
the
him. This is all the
to
the directions
mijner
of
to
nowadays hardly
gave
het
zonder
Rathbun,
still to
collecting activity
communications
adres
naar
noch
(L.),
lator), Calappa
caribbaeus
have
addition
knowledge
work
are
STOLK
op
Latreille,
carcinus
birds, reptiles, amphibians,
owing
postal
seen
het
gelegenheid
zooals
which
"Wanneer
1869:
our
that such
be
in
the results of his
increased
VAN
brievenbus,
brieven
van
in mind
collection
Edwards), Eriphia
appeared concerning
that,
fossils,
how much
nature of the
can
post
komt
dat de
him.
difficulties
St. Thomas
noch
zorgt,
zorg
mention
which Mr.
13
officiele
f. 0.70-
of
frankeren
en
kantoor,
uit
borne
time
island
ampton
altijd
is
also
and
that
was
D.
=
Petrolisthes
and
course
I found that
lost.
have
RIJGERSMA,
islands
primitive
RIJGERSMA'S to
by
which
Macro-
In the
Petrolisthes nodosus
Milne
Mithrax
(Herbst),
cornuta
have been
sufficiently clearly
if it
the
to
names
M.
and
(Edwards) (
(= Gelasimus),
Pericera
HOLTHUIS
brasiliensis
crab
porcelain
marginalus (A.
corallinus Uca
the
jamaicensis
RIJGERSMA
VAN
Penaeus
Milne
species
of the two above-
May 1957),
(Wiegmann),
erythropus
Callinectes
publications
others
all kinds
by
stance,
of
VAN
surrounding
esteemed
acanthurus
Dromia
genus
specimens
crustaceans collected
and
crabs
galloides),
the
of
shrimps
clypeatus (Herbst),
Carpilius
that
the
viz.,
three
Penaeus brasi-
were
their modern
1
Pericera
H.
Wiegmann (p. 121).
to
nodosus,
were
Palaemon
He
group.
lator
mentioned
only
devoted
even
that
(Wiegmann), respectively.
crustaceans
decapod
there,
the
of
(1872)
there
here,
(=
(Fabricius),
gonagra and
of
Coenobita
of
species
the others
them under
acanthurus
have
Martin
St.
on
(1872)
Dromia
(1893)
Philadelphia Museum (29 April
still
the true
and
gallus (Herbst)
other
Of these
acanthurus
exactly
and
Petrolisthes
affinis,
The
STREETS;
dealt with
Macrobrachium
Ives,
the hermit crab
Streets,
is
by
of
1919,
RIJGERSMA
STREETS
specimens
SHARP
collection.
in
known
were
collection.
Gelasimus
science.
Palaemon
and M .
species
Martin
to
be found
VAN
of
collection
they
specimens
examining VAN RIJGERSMA'S specimens
species,
(L.)
by
publications.
which,
mentioned
after
mentioned Palaemon
of
of
Calappa galloides Stimpson,
and
109)
longer
no
collected
new
under which
to consist
the Museum
Jamaicensis (Herbst).
been
125),
brachium carcinus
of
RIJGERSMA'S
had
(p.
51, 52,
were
Edwards,
VAN
122)
(p.
could
number
three
jugosus,
Milne
a
names
proved
from
RIJGERSMA'S
VAN
species,
and Palemon
Edwards,
of these
crustaceans
The
to
seven
then
removed
mentioned in
article
special
referred
been
or
Crustacea.
have a
number
a
evidently got lost
with the
Sciences,
collection
St.
postkost Kitts
draagt doorgaans
genomen.
Deze
oudheden
post-
geplaatst
77
worden" and In
add
letter
St.
à
français
You
can
to
the
I
that the
always put
St.
Kitts
well
as
there
There
costs
still will
it
that
sure
Martin.
letter
the
pay
him
of
postal arrangements
neither
but,
arrive.
not
St.
absolutely
fis. 0.70
letters for
and
Thomas".
"Aux soins
is
is
in advance,
postage
Southampton
do that because
ordinary
St.
via
official
post office, I
as
nor
unless
say,
Generally speaking,
received
are
du consul no
Kitts.
St.
on
should
Philipsburg
be
put
in
a
antiquities].
biology.
then
did
patients
Mr.
GUSTAV
not allow
This is
Swedish
the
clearly
colony
of St.
considered on
this
him
a
as
doctor
a
fell
and refused
for
reason
conferring
Decree
of
ill, to
suffer
a
the
that
me
of
his
treated for
payment
any
gold medal,
a
result
the physician
RIJGERSMA
VAN
take
December
21
as
that, when
informed
Stockholm)
by Royal
to
the fact
by
Bartholomew
stead,
(Riksarkivet,
SJÔBERG
labores",
work
his
demonstrated
of that island in his
Government meruere
An
I
must
one
steamer
Philipsburg,
it from
say
Martin
Martin
know,
Martin makes
RIJGERSMA
interest in
You
St.
"By
to St.
postman.
St.
safely of
address
from
or
forwards
on
museum
VAN
to
nor
somebody everyone
the
Kitts".
service
box,
to
my letters
addressing
postal
direct to
[Whenwriting
must
it.
Swedish
"Illis
quorum
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