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nists who may possess opportunities of extensively testing its 

 vaUdity. 



Salix Russelliana. Salixfragilis. 



a. Leaf-bud of S. Russelliana, viewed from the back. 



b. Longitudinal section of ditto. c. 'IVansverse section of ditto. 



d. Leaf-bud of 6'. fragilis, viewed from the back. 



e. Longitudinal section of ditto. /. Transverse section of ditto. 



Shrewsbury, November 8, 1842. 



VII. — Contributions to the Ichthyology of Australia. By 

 John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Inspector of 

 Hospitals, Haslar*. 



[Continued from vol. x. p. 34.] 

 Fish of the Scomberoid family are numerous in the Austra- 

 lian seas, and many came under the observation of Parkinson, 

 Solander, and the Forsters on Cook's first two voyages. 

 Such of them as were sketched by Parkinson and George 

 Forster are commented on in the ' Histoire des Poissons,' and 

 Schneider's quotations from J. R. Forstei*'s notes are also 

 occasionally criticized in that work ; but Solander's '^ Pisces 

 Australiae' contains several descriptions of ' Scombri,' which 

 Cuvier has not found it possible to refer with certainty to any 

 species known to him. Indeed the strong family likeness 

 which prevails among the Scomberoidecs renders the detection 



* Coloured figures of some of the rare species described in this commu- 

 nication are just published by Dr. Richardson in a work intitled ' I cones 

 Pisc'mm.' See our Bibliographical Notices. 



