318 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



ANATOMICAL REMARKS. 



By N, DE Miklouho-Maclay. 



" Those tvhose sjpecijic gift of inclination leads them to 



" to the pursuit of other branches of hiology, as morjpho- 



" logy^ physiology, emhroyology, etc., must have definite 



" names for the objects they observe, depict, or describe, 



" and are dependent upon the researches of the systematic 



" zoologist for supplying them, and should not neglect to 



" take his counsel, otherwise much of their toorJc toill lose 



" its valuej* 



W, P. Flower. 



Address in Zoology. 



Nature, Aug. 15, 1878. Rep. of Brit. Assoc, i878. 



These words of Professor Flower express with perfect correct- 

 ness the principal consideration which induced me, in addition to 

 my work in comparative neurology, to collect, also, sufficient 

 material for a systematic treatise, which should serve as a supple- 

 ment to, or commentary on the former. 



The present work I regard, then, as nothing more than an 

 illustrated catalogue of the group of fishes which interest me from 

 the standpoint of comparative neurology ; and, since a favourable 

 opportunity presents itself, the appendix or commentary appears 

 before the body of the work fthe continuation of my " Contribu- 

 tions to Comparative Neurology").* 



During my travels from 1870 to 1878, I have never neglected 

 to collect materials for my studies on the brain, and, wherever 

 it was possible, to carry on investigations on that subject. 

 But, since the books necessary for the more exact determi- 

 nation of the objects under investigation were not everywhere 

 at ray command, I have always taken ample notes, and above 



* N'. von Miklucho-Maclay. Beitrrige zur Vergleichenden Neurologie der Wirbelthiere, 

 I. und IT., Leii)zig, 1870. Verlag von W. Engelmann. 



