COIS^TENTS. 



Page 

 Preface \- 



PART I. 



T A X N M 1 t A 1,. 



Chapter 1, — Classification of the Flat-fishes 3 



Chapter 2. — History of the Genus Solea 11 



Chapter 3. — Solea vulgaris, Quensel 15 



Chapter -l. — Solea lascaris, Bonaparte 20 



Chapter 5. — Solea variegata, Fleming (Donovan) 25 



Chapter 6. — Solea lutea, Bonaparte 29 



Chapter 7. — Solea Greenii, Giinthei' 32 



PART II, 



iloKPHOLOGICAL. 



Chaftek 1. — The Osseous Skeleton 35 



The Skull 35 



The Vertebral Coluum • . 38 



The Jaws and Branchial Arches 41 



Chapter 2. — The Fibrous Membranes and Musculature 45 



The Fibrous Membranes 45 



The Musculiitux-e 46 



Chapter 3. — The Viscera, and Vascular System 64 



The Viscera, female 54 



Ditto, male 66 



Minute Structure of the Reproductive Organs, and Develojiment of the 



Reproductive Elements 69 



The Vasjular System 64 



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