15 



[4] Alous with the first species of Scomber, there occurred in shoals a small species of 

 Clnpea,!.., 'without teeth; with the dorsal fin a little before the veniial; and with the back 

 dark greenish blue, and having one line and part of another of rounded black spots on 

 each side nearly on a level with the eye: the gill naembranes contain six rays, and overlap 

 each other at their lower part ; the stomach resembles that of the first Scomber; it has also 

 numerous c<«C(Z; the air-bladder is small and tapering.'— U. The other fishes observed at 

 Monterey were [5] a new species of Ohimcera, Cuv., differing essentially from tho Chimcera 

 of the Atlantic, and approaching somewhat in the position of its second dorsal fin to the 

 Callorhynchus, Cuv. ; [Gj a species of Torpedo, Dum.; and [7] a Rata " (pp. 54-55).] 



1830— Narrative, of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia Kiver, 

 and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. With a Scientitlc Appendix. 

 By John K. Townsend, Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 134 Chestnuo street. Boston: 

 Perkins & Marvin.— 1839. [8°, 352 pp.] 



[A few incidental popular notices of salmon and trout are given.] 



[Reprinted in England under the following title :— ] 

 Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, including a Journey to the 

 Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Clfili, &c. By J. K. 

 Towshend [sic.'], Esq. In two volumes. Vol. I [—II]. London: Henry 

 Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1840. 18^. VoL i, xii [+i], 

 312 pp., 1 pi. ; vol. ii, xii, 310 pp., 1 pL] 



[In vol. i, chap. 7, are given details respecting salmon and the mode of catching them, 

 and the frontispiece illustrates a native woman " spearing the salmon ".] 



1840 — Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, par M. le Bon Cuvier, . . .; et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, . . . Tome quinzieme. A Paris, chez Ch. Pitois, editeur, . . . , 

 1840. [8° ed. xxxi, 540 pp., 11.; 4" ed. xxiv, 397 pp.— pi. 421-455.] 



Suite du livre dix-septieme.— Siluroides. 



[No -west-coast species noticed.] 



Narrative of a w^haling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 18.56, 

 comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian Archipelago, etc. 

 with an account of Southern Whales, the Sperm Whale Fishery, and the 

 Natural History of the climates visited. By Frederick DebsU Bennett, 

 Esq., F. R. G. S., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. In 

 two volumes. Vol. I [—II]. London : Richard Beutlcy, New Burling- 

 ton street, publisher in ordinary to her Mnjesty.— 1840. [8°, vol. i, xv, 402 

 pp., 1 pi., 1 map ; vol. ii, vii, 396 pp., 1 pi.] 



1842— Histoire Naturelle desPoissous, par M.le B-^i Cuvier, . . . , et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, .... Tome seizieme. A Paris, chez P. Bertraud, . . . , 1842. 

 [8° ed. XX, 472 pp , 1 1. ; 4° ed. xviii, 3G3 pp., 1 1.— pi. 456-487.] 

 Livre dis-huitieme. — Cyprinoides. 



Zoology of New-York, or the New-York Fauna; comprising detailed descrip- 

 tions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New- York, 

 with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, aad accom- 

 panied by appropriate illustrations.— By James E. DeKay. — Part IV. — 

 Fishes. Albany: Printed by W. & A. White and I. Visscher. 1842. [4-=, 

 xiv [1, errata], 415 pp.; atlas, 1 p. 1., 79 pi.] 



[The letterpress of the Eeptiles and Fishes, each separately paged, forms one volume, 

 and the plates, each separately numbered, another. Eight of the northwest-coast Malaco- 

 pterygian species {Abramis balteafus, Leuciscus ^mtrinus, Lcuciscus oregonen.sis, Salmo 

 quinnat, Salmo Gairdnerii, Salmo Scouleri, Salmo tsuppiich, and Salmo nitidus) and the 

 Sturgeon {Acipenser transmontanus) enumerated by Kichardson (183G) are briefly indicated 

 as '' extra-limital ".] 



