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Bulletin* of the United States National 

 Museum, No. 10. Contributions to 

 North American Ichthyology, No. 2. 

 The same, No. 12. Contributions to 

 American Ichthyology, No. 3. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing - Office, 

 1878. 



The first of the two volumes named 

 above is by Dr. David S. Jordan, and con- 

 sists of two parts, viz. : 1. Notes on Cottidae, 

 Etheostomatidas, Percidae, Centrarchida-, 

 Aphododeridaa, Dorysornatidas, and Cypri- 

 nidae ; 2. Synopsis of the Siluridae of the 

 Fresh Waters of North America. In Num- 

 ber 12 of the "Bulletin" are published 

 two papers, viz. : One on the distribution 

 of the fishes in the Alleghany region of 

 South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, 

 with descriptions of new or little known 

 species the joint work of Dr. Jordan and 

 A. W. Brayton ; and another, entitled 

 " Synopsis of the Family CatastomidaB " 

 ("Suckers"), by Dr. Jordan. 



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 sess a condensed work, regularly issued, 

 giving facts and official figures that affect 

 their immediate interests, for their conve- 

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