CONTENTS. 



PAQB 



Bearing on their Physiology and Habits : 



Process of Development in Fishes . . 



Oviparous ..... 62 



Viviparo-acotyledonous . 63 



Viviparous . . . . .66 



Marsupial Fishes . . . .67 



Obstetrical . . . . .68 



Parental Care of Fishes . . . 6.0 



Fishes' Nests . . . . .71 



Colours and Varying Colours of Fishes . . 77 



Parasitic Fungi in Fishes ... 86 



Economic Use of Fish : 



Demand and Supply . . . .96 



Artificial Hatching . . . .100 



Chinese Method . . . .104 



Transportation of Fish and Fry . . 104 



Naturalization of Fresh- water Fish , . 105 



Migratory Fishes . . 108 



Salt-water Fishes . . 110 



Fish Preserves ; then- Stocking . . . 1 14 



Ditto, in Ancient and Modern Times . . 115 



The Gentle Art . . . . .116 



NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES, 

 Arrangement . . . . .121 



FIRST SERIES. OSSEOUS FISHES. 



FIRST SUBDIVISION. OSSEOUS FISHES WITH SPINOUS RAYS. 



Order I. Spinous-finned Osseous Fishes. Acanthop- 



terygii . . . . .123 



I. FAMILY OF PERCHES. PERCID^. 



Gen. 1. PERCA . . . . .125 



Sp. 1. P.fluviatilis. The Perch. Plate I. . 125 



Gen, 2. LABRAX . . . . .128 



Sp. 2. L. lupus. The Basse or Sea-Perch. PI. I. 12* 



