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STORER (David Humphreys). A History of the Fishos of Massachusetts. By 

 David Humphreys Storer. < Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences (Boston), new series, (IHCkJ to l'^67). 



[Descriptions and excellent fi<oires of Catostomus hosioniensis and C. gibbosus.] 



AGASSIZ (Louis). Notice of a collection of Fishes from the southern hend of the 

 Ttiini'ssee liiver, in the State of Alabama; hy L. Agassiz. < American Journal 

 of Science and Arts, second series, xviii, 1854, pp. 297-308, ou^-IjCm. 



[Revives the Eafinesqnian {ifnera Carpiodes, IcHobun, Ci/cleptus, and Moxostoma ; desciibos sp. 

 nov. Carpiodes xirus, Carpiodes taurus, Carpiodes biso7i, Carpiodes vitubis, and Carpiodes vacca, and 

 rt'ctnAn Catostomus communis, Cnigricaiis, C. duqucsnii, and €■ ^nelanops i'vom liuntsville, Ala. 

 The specific descriptions are comparative only, and are not readily identitiable.] 



BAIRD (Spencer Fullerton) atnl GIRARD (Charles). Description of New Species 

 of Fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico aud Sonora by Mr. John H. Clark on 

 the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey aud in Texas by Capt. Stewart 

 Van Vliet, U. S. A., by S. F. Baird and Charles Girard. < Proceedings of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Phladelpliia, vol. vii, 18o4, pp. 24-29. 

 [Descriptions ol' Catontomus co»gestus, C. clarki, O. insignis, and C. turrddus. sp. nov.] 



AYRES (William O.) Descriptions of two new species of Cyprinoids. By Wm. O. 

 Ayres, M. D. Dec. 11, 1854. < Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 vol. i, pp. 18-19, 1854; 2d ed., pp. 17-18, 1873. 



[Catostomus occidenlalis, sp. nov.] ^ 



Description of a new species of Catostomus. By Wm. O. Ayres, M. D. Feb. 26, 



1855. < Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. i, pp. 31-32, 1855 ; 

 2d ed., pp. 30-32, 1873. 



[Catostomus labiatus, sp. nov.] 



AGASSIZ (Louis). Synopsis of the Ichthyological Fauna of the Pacific Slope of 

 North America, chiefly from the collections made by the II. S. Expl. Fxped., under 

 the command of Capt. C. Wilkes, with recent Additions and Comparisons with 

 Eastern types ; by L. Agassiz. < American Journal of Science aud Arts, 2d series, 

 vol. xix, 1855, pp. 186-231. 



[Characterizes very fuUy the genera, viz: — Carpiodes Eaf. ; BubalicMhys Ag., gen. nov. ; Ichthy- 

 obus Kaf. ; Cyclcptus Hat'.; Moxostoma Eaf.; Ftyehostomus Af:;., gen. nov.; Hylomyzon Ag., geu. 

 nov. ; and Catostomus Lo Sueur. The species of each genus are noticed, and tho fallowing new 

 species .are very briefly and in most cases unsatisfactorily described : — Carpiodes thompsojii, 

 Bubalichthys bonastts, Ichlhyobas rauchii, Ichthyobus stolleyi, Moxostoma tenuc, and Catostomus 

 occidentalis.] 



GIRARD (Charles). Researches upon the Cyprinoid Fishes inhabiting the fresh 

 waters of the United States of America, west of the Mississippi Valley, from speci- 

 mens in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institutiou. By (Jharles Girard, M. D. 

 <ProceediDgs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 185(), itp. 165- 

 213. 



[Twenty-six species ennmer.-ited — most of them briefly described. Two new genera are pro- 

 posed, Minomus and Acomus, and tlio following new species are characterized -.—Carpiodes damalis. 

 Moxostoma claviformis, Moxostoma kenncrlii, Moxostoma victorice, Moxostoma campbelli, Ptycho- 

 stomvs albidus, Ptychostomus haydeni, Acomus guzinaniensis, Acomiis generosus, Acomus griseus, 

 Acomxm lactarius, Catostomwi macrochilus, Catostomus sucklii, and Catostomus bernardini. These 

 descriptions are mostly short aud iusufliciont.J 



— r Gc'.ieral Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. 

 = Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the most practicable and 

 Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to tho Pacific Ocean, 

 made under tho direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to Acts of 

 Bull. N. M. No. 12—15 



