468 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
which appeared in his ‘Supplement’ of 1888. The synonymy, 
having been already fully worked out in his previous treatise, 
has not been reprinted, but under the head of each species a 
reference is given to the original specific description, and to the 
page of the former work where fuller details may be found. 
With few exceptions the woodcuts which serve as illustrations 
are reduced copies of the quarto plates. 
We learn from the Editor’s Preface that the limits of the 
area of which the fresh-water fauna is here described are those 
defined in the Introduction to the volume on Mammals, and are 
those of British India and its dependencies, such as Burma, the 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, Nepal, Cashmere, 
Baluchistan, &c., together with Ceylon. The marine fishes are 
all known to inhabit the seas around British India. 
As there are no representatives of the Salmonide in India, 
it was, perhaps, hardly to be expected that the Index would 
contain any reference to ‘“‘ Trout,’ but inasmuch as there is a 
spotted fresh-water fish (Barilius bola), one of the Cyprinine, 
which takes the fly well, and is popularly known to Anglo- 
Indians as ‘‘ Trout,” it might have been well to give this name 
in the Index, and so enable any uninformed reader to discover 
the real name and affinities of this fish. This leads us to 
remark that the work would have been made more acceptable to 
English sportsmen and naturalists in India if some information 
had been given about the size and weight of what are commonly 
known as “‘ game-fishes,” that is, fishes sought for by the angler, 
as, for example, the “‘ Mahseer” (Barbus tor), belonging also to 
the subfamily Cyprinine, with an indication of such species as 
are to be recommended for food or avoided, and a reference to 
such rivers as are celebrated for the sport which they afford to 
lovers of the fly-rod. 
The absence of such information as this makes the work 
quite unreadable. It is merely a reliable “book of reference ” 
for those who want no more than a comprehensive and systematic 
catalogue of Indian fishes, containing the scientific and native 
names, with brief but sufficient diagnoses of the species, and 
supplemented where possible with illustrations. These un- 
doubtedly will enhance its value in the eyes of non-scientific 
readers. Like all works emanating from the press of Messrs. 
Taylor and Francis, it is admirably printed. 
