BIBLIOOKAPHY. 



The following list comprises all tbe works known to the writer in 

 which new species or genera of American fresh-water Siluridce are indi- 

 cated, or in which original descriptions are given of genera or species 

 previously known. In general, I have endeavored to include all papers 

 in which anything of importance was added to or subtracted from the 

 sum of our knowledge of these fishes: — 



CATESBY (Mark). The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and tbe Bahama 

 Islands: containing The Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and 

 Plants : Particularly the Forest Trees, Shrubs and other Plants not hitherto 

 described or very incorrectly figured by Authors. Together with their Descrip- 

 tions in English and French. To vs^hich is added. Observations on the Air, Soil 

 and Waters: with Eemarks upon Agriculture, Grain, Pulse, Roots, etc. To the 

 whole is Prefixed a new and correct Map of the Country Treated of. By Mark 

 Catesby, F. R. S. London . . . , MDCCXXXI-XLIII. 2 vols, folio. 



[Contains a description and an ontrageons figure ot a Catfish from South Carolina. The figure 

 is not identifiable, but has served as the basis of the e.irlicr accounts of Silurus catug.] 



LINN6 (Carl von). Caroli Linnsei Equitis De Stella Polari, Archiatri Regii, Med. 

 et Botan. Profess. Upsal ; Acad. Upsal! Holmens. Petropol. Berol. Imper. Lond. 

 Monspel. Tolos. Florent. Soc. Systenia Naturas per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum 

 Classes, Oidines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Diflerentiis, Synonymih, 

 Locis.— Editio Decima, Reformata. Cum Privilegio S:ae R:ae M:tis Sueciae.— 

 HolmijB, Irapensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii 1758. Tomus I, Regnvm Animale. 

 [Describes sp. n. Silurus catus.] 



BLOCH (Mark Elieser) and SCHNEIDER (Johann Gottlob). M. E. Blochii 

 Doetoris Mediciuae Berolinensis, et societatibus literariis uuiltis adscripti, Systema 

 Ichthyologiai iconibus CX illustratum.— Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum 

 absolvit, correxit, inlerpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo.— Beroliui, sumtibus 

 Auctoris impressum et bibliopolio Sauderiano commissum, 1801. 



[Describes Silurus catus Linnaeus, adding to LinnsBus's account the characters " caudali pinna 

 bifnrca: dorsali et pectorali inermi, omnibus obscure rubentibns" from Catesby's figure.] 



MITCHILL (Samuel Latham). Memoir on Ichthyology. The Fishes of New York 

 described and arranged. In a supplement to the Memoir on the same subject, 

 printed in the New York Literary and Philosophical Transactions, vol. i, pp. 355, 

 492. By Samuel L. Mitchill. < The American Monthly Magazine and Critical 

 Review, vol. ii, (New York), pp. 241-248, 321-328, 1818. 

 [Description of Silurus gyrinus sp. nov.] 



PAPINESQUE (Constantine Samuel). Discoveries in Natural History, made dur- 

 ing a Journey through the Western Region of the United States by Constantine 

 Samuel Rafinesque, esq. Addressed to Samuel L. Mitchill, President, and other 

 members of the Lyceum of Natural History in a letter dated at Louisville, Falls of 

 the Ohio, 20th July, 1818. < American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, 

 New York, September, 1818. 

 [Desaiih&s Silurus punctatus And.oUvars- w sp. nov.] 



