By DAVID STARR JORDAN 



A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF 

 FISHES 



2 volumes, 934 illustrations. 1223 pp. $12.00 net, postage extra. 

 32-pp. Prospectus on application. 



A comprehensive work, at once scientific and popular, by the lead- 

 ing AmSan ichthyologist. It discusses the structure habits, evo- 

 ufion and economic value of fishes. It treats of the characteristics 

 of chtef Sroups. emphasizing those which by reason of divergence 

 from tvplca forms are of especial interest. Extinct fishes are dis- 

 SSwith their living relations. Nothing has been spared 

 to make the work, in illustration and mechanical execution worthy 

 of ^mmmfmopus. There is an abundance of pictures in ha f- tone 

 and o her o ms of black-and-white illustration, and the frontispiece 

 of each volume shows in colors some of the remarkable fish brought 

 by X author from his Pacific explorations. There are also portraits 

 of the world's leading ichthyologists. 



"The most comprehensive treatise on American Ichthyology."- The Dial. 



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FISHES 



American Nature Series. 789 pp., 671 illustrations, 18 color plates. 

 $6.00 net, carriage 50 cents. 



This book includes virtually all the non-technical material contained 

 in the author's larger work, " Guide to the Study of Fishes.' The 

 fishes used for food and those sought by anglers ,n America are treat- 

 ed fully and proportionate attention is paid to all the existing as 

 well as all extinct families of fishes. Notwithstanding the relative 

 absence of technical material, it is expected that the book will be of 

 va ue to students of ichthyology. Its chief aim however, fe to be of 

 interest to nature-lovers and anglers and instructive to all who open 

 its pages. 



"Of the highest value for the intelligent reader. An authoritative treat.se and a 

 readable essay."— Boston Transcript. 



of fishes."- Z%e Dial. 



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