396 Bibliographical Notices, 



of which he give? figures of four interesting species, a new Sylvia 

 nearly allied to S. mexicana, Fringilla leucophrys, Numenius Imdsoni- 

 cus, Lath., 1. A", borealis, Wilson, and Anas Barrowii of Richard- 

 Bon. Then follows ;\ li.<t of the Greenland Fish, accompanied with 

 numerous observations, and with the description of two new genera, 

 which he thus characterizes : 



Lycoi 

 Corpus elongatum, antice incrassatum, rostro obtuse conico, trunco com- 

 prcsso, caiula ensiformi. Squama corporis rotuiuhe, minutes, tenuissi- 

 raae, cnii immense. Os dentibus validis, intermaxillaribus, mandibu- 

 laribus, vomerinia et palatinis avmatum ; rictus mediocris. Membrana 

 hranchiostega sexradiata utrinque jugulo connata, apertura branchiali 

 angusta postica. Pinna venlrales obsolete brevissimae latiuscukc jugu- 

 larcs. Pinna dorsalis ct pinna analis longissima?, apicem caudae cir- 

 cumdantes ; radiis articulatis divisis. Vesica natatoria nulla. 

 Inter Zoarcacum ct Anarrhicam genus medium. 



1. Lycodes Va/tlii. Corpore fasciato, capite postice parum deprcsso; pin- 

 nis, dorsali ct anali, squamis minutissimis adspersis, ilia radiis 117, hac ra- 

 diis 93 ; ano ante medium gastraeum sito. (Tab. V.) 



Pustulated Blenny, Pennant, Artie. Zool. — Blennius polaris, Sabine. 



2. Lycodes retieulatus, corpore reticulato ; capite postice compressiusculo; 

 pinnis, dorsali analique, nudis, ilia radiis 95, hac radiis 75 ; ano fere in 

 gastrseo medio sito. (Tab. VI.) 



3. Lycodes seminudus, corpore concolore, ab apice oris usque ad angulum 

 anteriorem pinna? analis nudo; capite postice compressiusculo; pinnis dor- 

 sali analique nudis, ilia radiis 91, hac 71 ; ano pone medium gastraeum sito. 



Bythites. 



Corpus breve compressum antice incrassatum, ore fere truncate, cauda 

 ensiformi. Squamae corporis rotundas minutae imbricata?. Linea late- 

 ralis tubulis exsertis cutaneis compacta, interrupta. Os dentibus acu- 

 tis intermaxillaribus, mandibularibus, vomerinis et palatinis armatum ; 

 rictus mediocris. Membrana branchiosteya utriusque aperturae invicem 

 connata sub isthmo libere suspensa; radiis octo; apertura ampla infero- 

 postica. Pinnae venlrales obsoletae uniradiatae filiform es longiuscula? ju- 

 gulares. Pinna;, dorsalis et analis, longae, apicem caudse circumdantcs ; 

 radiis articulatis divisis. Membrum conicum crassum pone anum hori- 

 zontaliter porrectum, apice triphyllo papilligero. Vesica natatoria ca- 

 ll ali pneumatico nullo. 



Bythites fuscus. (Tab. VII.) 



Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Colonel Colby, R.E. Superintendent. 

 Volume the First, Memoir of the City and North-western Liberties 

 of Londonderry, parish of Templemere. 4to. Dublin. Hodges and 

 Smith. 1837. 



We have always considered that a survey of a country, conducted 



