15 



[4] Alonj; with the first species of Scomber, there occurred in shoak a small species of 

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

 dark jireenish blue, and having one lino and i)art of anotlier of ronndort black spots on 

 each side nearly on a level with the eye: tho };jill membranes contain six rays, and overlap 

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

 numerous ceeca ; the air-bladder is small and tapering.' — U. The other fishes observed at 

 Monterey were [5] a new species of Ckirncera, Cu v., differing essentially from tho Chimcera 

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

 Callorhynchus, Cuv. ; [OJ a species of Torpedo, Dam.; and [TJ a Eaia " (pp. 5>!-55).] 



1839— Narrative of a Journey across the Eocky Mountains, to the Columbia Eiver, 

 and a Visit to the Sandwich Lshnids, Chili, «&c. With a Scientilic Appendix. 

 By John K. Townsend, ]Meuil)er of tho Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Henry Perliius, 1:34 Chestnut street. Boston: 

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



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



[Reprinted in England under the following title :— ] 

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

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

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

 Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1840. [d^^. Vol. i, xii [4-i], 

 31'2 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 tho frontispiece illustrates a native woman "spearing tho salmon ".] 



B 840 — Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, par M. lo Bo" Cuvier, . . .; et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, . . . Tome quinziiiiue. A Pari.s, chez Ch. Pitois, editeur, . . . , 

 ld40. [8° ed. xxxi, .')1U pp., 1 1. ; 4" ed. xxiv, 397 pp.— pi. 4-31-4,j."i.] 



Suite du livre dix-septieme. — Siluroides. 



[No west-coast species noticed.] 



Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 18^Ci, 

 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 visired. By Frederick Debsll Bennett, 

 Esq., F. R. G. S., Fellow of tho Royal \I!ollego of Surgeons, London. In 

 two volumes. Vol. I [ — II]. Loudon: Ricliard Bentley, New Burling- 

 ton stfeet, publisher in ordinary to her Majesty. — 1840. [8°, vol. i, xA', 402 

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



1843 — Histoire Naturelle desPoissons, par M. le Bo** Cuvier, . . . , et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, .... Tome eeizitjure. A Paris, chez P. Bertrand, . . . , 1842. 

 [8° ed. XX, 472 pp., 1 1. ; 4° ed. xviii, 363 pp., 1 1.— pi. 4.'i6-487.] 

 Livre dix-huiti(ime. — Cyprino'ides. 



Zoology of New- York, or the Now- York Fauna; comjjrising 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, and 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 pf). ; atlas, 1 p. 1., 79 pi.] 



[The letterpress of tho Reptiles and Fi-ihes, each separately paged, forms one volume, 

 and the plates, each separately numbered, another. Eight cf the northwest-coast iMalaco- 

 pterygian species {Abramis balteatus, Leuciscus caurinus, Leuciscvs oreponensis, Salmo 

 quinnat, Salmo Gairdnerii, Salmo Scouleri, Salmo tsuppitch, and Salmo nitidus) anil the 

 Sturgeon (Acipcnser transmontanua) enumerated by Richardson (l^iiU) are briefly indicated 

 as "extra-limital".] 



