be ignored, as it is taken almost bodily from Gosse's "Naturalist in 

 Jamaica." 



In the present list, I enumerate seventy-five species, most of which were 

 personally observed ; for convenience of reference, all species known to 

 occur in this locality have been included. In working up my notes, I 

 have endeavored to supplement previous descriptions by (1) descriptions 

 of the colors of the fishes ichile living, (2) notes on size and proportions, 

 (3) observations on habits, (4) hints in reference to the origin and mean- 

 ing of their popular names, (5) notes upon modes of capture and eco- 

 nomic value. The meaning of the specific names employed has been 

 defined by partial synonymies, to which critical notes are occasionally 

 appended. To make the list a more complete contribution to chorolog- 

 ical knowledge, a brief note has been given upon the geographical 

 distribution of each species. 



The scheme of classification proposed by Professor Gill * has been 

 followed throughout. I am indebted to Professor Gill for valuable sug- 

 gestions and the identification of two or three of the more doubtful 

 species. 



TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ISLANDS. 



The general topography of the Bermudas is so well known thnt no 

 detailed account will be necessary. It may not be out of jilace, how- 



* Arrangement of the Families of Fishes or Classes Pisces, Marsipobranchii, and 

 Leptocardii. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by Theodore Gill, M. D., Ph. D. 

 Washington : published by the Smithsonian Institution, November, 1872. 8vo, pp. xlvi, 

 50. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 247.) 



Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America, by Theodore Gill. < 

 Eeporton the Condition of the Sea Fishtries of the South Coast of New England in 1871 

 and 1872, by Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner, «S:c. pp. 779-322. 



Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America, by Theodore Gill, M. D. 

 Ph. D. Washington. Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1873. Svo, pp. 50. 

 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 283. — A reprint of the preceding). 



On the Limits of the Class of Fishes. 'By Theodore Gill, M. D., Ph. D. < American 

 Naturalist, vol. vii, pp. 71-77, February, 1873. (Reprinted with repagiuation, 8vo, pp. 

 9 ; no title-page.) 



The Number of Classes of Vertebrates and their Mutual Eelatious, By Prof. Thcdore 

 Gill. (Abstract of a Communication to the National Academy of Sciences, made October 

 29, 1873.) < American Journal of Science and Arts, vi, December, 1873, pp. 432-436. 

 Reprinted with repagiuation, 8vo, pp. 4; no title-page;) also reprinted Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History, (London,) xiii, pp. 71-73, Jan. 1874. 



Article Fish and descriptions of the various families, prepared by Professor Gill, as 

 associate editor in the department of zoology, &c. < Johnson's New Universal Cyclo- 

 paedia and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge. * * * A. J. Johnson & Son, New 

 York. 



