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BUI^I^ETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The following tabular statement, for which we are indebted to Dr. Call, correlates 

 the pagination of the Western Review and Miscellaneous Magazine with that of the 

 Ichthyologia Ohiensis. 



December. 1819. 

 January, 1820. . 

 February, 1830. 



April, 1820 



May, 1820 



June, 1820 



July. 1820 



October, 1820. .. 

 November, 1820 



Serial 

 No. 



I 



II 

 III 

 IV 

 V 

 VI 

 VII 



vni 



IX 



Pages 

 Western 

 Review and 

 Miscellane- 

 ous Maga- 

 zine. 



305-313 

 361-377 

 • 49-57 

 169-177 

 235-242 

 299-307 

 355-363 

 165-173 

 244-252 



Pages 

 Ichthyo- 

 logia 

 Ohiensis. 



1-13 

 13-29 

 29-37 

 37-45 

 45-53 

 53-60 

 60-69 

 69-77 

 77-84 



The total number of nominal species recorded in the Ichthyologia is 113. Of 

 these, 5 {Saltno Alleganiensis , Salmo nigricans, Rntilus compressus, Pristis Mississippi- 

 ensis, and Proceros maculalus) are extra limital, and 10 {Perca nigropunctata, Aplocen- 

 irus calliops, Pogastoma leucops, Catostomus anisopturus, Catostotnus niger, Catostomus 

 fasciolaris, Catostomus {?) megastomus, Pylodictis limosus, Accipenser macrostomus , and 

 Dinectus tntncatits) were based on drawings furnished him by Mr. Audubon. These 

 drawings were, in most respects, grotesque in character and not meant to represent any 

 fishes that Audubon had actually seen. Nevertheless, Audubon, playing upon Rafin- 

 esque's credulity, and "with a suave manner and with an air of absolute truthfulness," 

 presented them to Rafinesque, who, with evident hesitation yet with entire confidence 

 in the great ornithologist, proceeded in good faith to describe them. 



It is said that Rafinesque visited Audubon at Henderson, Ky. After spending the 

 evening in pleasant conversation and exchange of views regarding the natural history 

 of the region in which they were, Rafinesque was shown to his room, which was in the 

 garret. While preparing to retire Audubon heard a commotion in Rafinesque's room, 

 and, rushing up stairs, saw the eccentric naturalist in night clothes, and with Audubon's 

 favorite violin grasped firmly in his hand, striking wildly at a bat which was flying 

 about the room, and which Rafinesque declared must be a "new species." Audubon 

 arrived on the scene just in time to see the violin broken. Perhaps he never quite 

 forgave his guest for this injury to his violin. Perhaps it was this incident, together 

 with Rafinesque's childlike creduUty, which induced Audubon to play the practical joke. 

 However that may be, the result has been the adding of several names to ichthyological 

 literature which have caused much concern to later ichthyologists. In the present 

 paper it is thought best merely to mention these names, as above. This leaves 98 species 

 which properly belong in the Ichthyologia. They are all given in the followng tabular 

 statement. In the first column is given the pagination of the Western Review and 

 Miscellaneous Magazine in arable and that of the Ichthyologia in italic figures. The 

 volume of the magazine is also shown. 



