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For the Fishes of France Bhinchard's "Poissons des Kaux 

 l)umvs tie la France," and Moreau's " Poissons de la France," have 

 furnished information of the greatest value. For the Fishes of 

 Switzerland the first volume of Fatio's work has been our chief 

 guide. The Fishes of Spain, though described in some special 

 catalogues, like that of Machado, dealing with the Fishes of the 

 Guadalquivir, are best known from the writings of Steindachner, 

 originally published by the Academy of Sciences at Vienna. 

 Italian Fishes have been well catalogued and described by Bona- 

 parte, in his " Fauna Italica ; " by Canestrini, in his " Prospetto 

 critico dei Pesci d'Acqua dolce d'ltalia," and other memoirs and 

 works ; and in the catalogue of Giglioli. On Scandinavian Fishes 

 the more important modern writers are Collett, who has given us 

 " Norges Fiske ; " and Lilljeborg, who has written " Sveriges och 

 Norges Fiskar." Many valuable notes will be found in Lloyd's 

 "Scandinavian Adventures." 



The chief authorities on Russian Fishes are Nordmann, who 

 described the Fishes in DemidofTs " Voyage dans la Russie 

 Meridionale ; " Grimm's " Fishing and Hunting in Russian 

 Waters ; " and Kessler's memoirs in the " Bulletin de la Societe 

 Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou." Besides these works, many 

 general treatises like the " Histoire Naturelle des Poissons " by 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes, and many volumes of travel, like those of 

 Russigger and Filippi, have yielded information which has helped 

 our history. 



Shortcomings of omission of some species, almost inevitable in 

 a work of this kind, may be remedied hereafter. But we trust 

 that the fabric of the work will give a new interest to the Fishes 

 of our own country, and may influence British peoples to a thrifty 

 cultivation of the roving wealth which swims, little heeded, in our 

 forms of fresh-water fish life a cultivation like that which rewards 

 the folk w r ho breed and care for, and feed upon the Fresh-water 

 Fishes of Continental Europe. 



H. G. SEELEY. 



The Vine, Sevenoaks. 



ISt/i February, 1886. 



