A MAGNIFICENT WORK. 



THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



By WILLIAM C. HARRIS, 



Editor of the "American Angler." 



The work will consist of about forty parts, containing portraits, 

 colored as in life, of eighty or more fishes that take the hook and line 

 in the fresh and salt waters of the United States and Canada, with ap- 

 propriate text. It will be finely printed on heavy plate paper, in 

 monthly parts; size of the page, 12 by 17 inches. Each number will 



contain : 



1. Two portraits of fishes, colored to life; 



2. Scientific classification and description ; 



3. Local names and habitat ; 



4. When and where caught ; 



5. Methods of capture ; 



6. Tackle and lures used ; 



7. Striking incidents of capture. 



The portraits will average a foot in length. They will be shown 

 in an upright position, that of the act of swimming, and extreme care 

 has been taken, not only to give the coloration of life, but also with 

 distinctness the specific markings, indicating the exact number of spines 

 or rays in the fin construction, etc. 



In making studies of individual fish, the artist has caught the color- 

 ation from at least ten, and often twenty-five, specimens laid before him 

 as they came struggling from the water. Under no other conditions 

 can be procured an accurate transcript of the evanescent tints, which, 

 in many fish, fade or alter the moment they are lifted from the water. 



Price, $1.50 per part. 



The parts can be sent by mail, carefully protected with boards. 

 The first number will be ready in August. 



Orders supplied by 



KOIJF.RT CLARKE & CO., 



CINCINNATI. 0. 



