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I. General. 



»The Standard Natural History« edited by Kingsley is, as far as regards Fishes, 

 perhaps the best populär work of its kind that has ever been published. The 

 text contains all recent discoveries, and the plates are chiefly original and very 

 artistic. See also Günther. Niemiec has written a paper on the »suckers« of 

 animals in which he treats of the dorsal sucker in Echeneis remora and the ventral 

 sucker of Lepadogaster gouanii. Apgar writes on binocular vision in lateral eyed 

 Fish; and Lendenfeld makes remarks on the eyes of deep-sea Fishes and hints 

 at the possible reason why in some the eyes are very highly developed and in 

 others rudimentary. Camerano makes remarks on the distribution of colour in 

 the animal kingdom with special reference to Fish on p 349. Canestrini has 

 written an essay on monstrosities among Fish with references to papers re- 

 lating to this subject since 1642 to the present date; and Lidth de Jeude de- 

 scribes abnormalities in the head of Salmonidae. Barrett describes a curious 

 instance of findinga Sand-eel partly embedded in the liver of a Haddock. Day 

 (^) gives a detailed account of the effects produced on Fish by increasing and di- 

 minishing the temperature of water . Öbservations made in the Nilghiris Hills 

 at various places stocked with fish, shew that they must become accustomed to a 

 heat which rises to as much as 92** F. at midday in the low country rivers. Hal- 

 perine gives an account of the mode in which the Utricularia and other piscivo- 

 rous plants capture young Fish. 



Dunn has observed during the spring months, at certain times, off the Coast of 

 Cornwall, that the surface of the sea assumes a deep olive colour, which in fa- 

 vourable fishing seasons Stretches for füll 20 miles from the shore. This appea- 

 rance is caused by incalculable numbers of fully developed seeds or spores of the 

 Melanospermeae or olive Seaweeds; and, as IVIackerel, Herring and Pilchards, and 

 all surface-feeding fish are exceedingly fond of them, their presence or absence 

 greatly effects the success of the fishing season. See also Cornish (^) and Pearcey 

 on the Food of Fish. 



Ryder (^j in his paper on viviparous osseous Fishes makes remarks on the act 

 of copulatiou and the birth of the young of Gambusia. as observed by Mr. A. 



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