CONTENTS. 



Page 



Preface ^' 



PART I. 



Taxonomical. . 



Chapter 1. — Classification of the I'lat-fiskes ^ 



Chapter 2. — History of the Genus Solea, ll 



Chapter 3. — Solea vulgaris, Quensel 1^ 



Chapter 4. — Solea lascaris, Bonaparte "^O 



Chapter 5. — Solea variegata, Fleoiing (Donovan) 1^^ 



Chapter 6. — Solea lufea, J3onapai-te '^9 



Chapter 7. — Sulea Gireenii, Giiuther ■ '^'■^ 



PAKT 11, 



il O i; 1' H L O Ci I C A L. 



Chapter 1. — The Osseous Skeleton 35 



The Skull 35 



The Vei-tebral Column 38 



The Jaws and Bianchial Arches 41 



Chaptee 2. — The Fibrous Membranes and Musculatm-e 45 



The Fibrous Membranes 45 



The Musculature . . . .' 46 



Chapter 3.^ — The Viscera, and Vascular Sj'steni 54 



The Viscera, female 54 



Ditto, male 56 



Minute Structure of the Reproductive Organs, and Development of the 



Reproductive Elements f9 



The Vascular System 64 



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