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1874. Daeeste, Camille. Monograpbie de la Famille des Pois- 



sous Anguillitbrmes. <Comptes Reudus de I'Academie des 



Scieuces, Paris, Ixxix, i^p. 988-990. 



[An abstract of this pai^er is giveu above iu the section on number of 

 species of eels. ] 



1874. Eberhaed, Dr. R. [of Rostock]. Die Fortpflauzimg des Aales. 

 < Gartenlaube, 1874, p. 120. 



[Identities the young of Zoarcvs riviparua as young eels.] 



1874. Syeski, Dr. [Professor iu University of Lembiu'g.j Ueber die 



Reproductious-Organe der Aale. < Sitzungsb. d. k. Akad. d. 

 Wisseuscli., Wieu, Ixix, 1874, April, pp. 315-326, 2 cuts. 

 [Dated Trieste, March 15, 1874.] 

 [The famous paper iu which the discovery of the male eel was announced.] 



1875. Syeski, Dr. Degli Orgaui della Reproduzioue e della Fecouda- 



zioue del pesci ed iu specialita delle Anguille. <Bolletino 



delle Societa Adriati'ca di Scieuze iS"aturali iu Trieste. Xo. 1, 



pp. 10-32, Dec. 1874. Trieste, 1875 (with figures). 



[Translated for Report of U. S. Fish Commission. Part iii, pp. 719-734. 

 See below.] 



1875. WiTTMACK, Dr. Ludwig. Beitriige zur Fischerei-Statistik des 

 deutscheu Reichs sowie eines Theiles vou Oesterreich-Uugarn 

 uud der Schweiz im Auftrage des Deutscheu Fischerei-Vereius 

 bearbeitet vou Dr. L. Wittmack. Circular des Deutscheu 

 Fischerei-Vereius, i, 1875. 4^, pp. 251, (1) 2 foldiug tables and 

 a map. The Eel, pp. 124-129. 



[An excellent summary of facts concerning the distribution of the eel in 

 Germany, with special reference to jihysical characters of the water, also 

 discussions of mooted points iu its life history, and statistics of its capture 

 and use. ] 



1875. Daeeste, Camille. Resume d'uue Mouographie des Poissous 



Auguilliformes. < Archives de Zoologie Experimeutale et Ge- 



uerale, Paris, iv, i)p. 215-325; Comptes Reudus de I'Academie 



des Scieuces, Paris, Ixxxi, pp. 159-162; Auuals aud Magazine 



of Xatural History, (4), xv, p. 304, xvi, p. 442. 



[Confirms the observations of Syrski. Records discovery of males of An- 

 guiJla mannorata, a species native to India.] 



1876. De la Blancheee, H. Geueratiou de I'Auguille. < Bulletin 



de la Societe d'Acclimatatiou, 3°^® ser., iii, 1876, pp. 489-494. 

 [Confirming the discovery of Syrski from observations in France.] 



1876. DriGAN, J. Is Access to the Sea a Necessity to Eels ? < Transac- 

 tions Xew Zealand Institute, viii, pp. 221. 



[Claims that eels thrive in certain land-locked lakes in New Zealand 

 where access to the sea is impossible.] 



1876. Syrski, Dr. Lecture on the Organs of Reproduction and the Fe- 

 cundation of Fishes, and especially of Eels. < Report U. S. 

 Fish Commission, iii (1874), 1876, pp. 719-734, 23 figures. 



