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and not a few others equally prominent 
in such fields. 
In the United States, too, we had many 
writers on both technical and popular 
ichthyology, nearly all of whom have 
now passed away. Earlier in his life, 
Jordan, associated with not a few co- 
authors, contributed many works on de- 
scriptive and systematic ichthyology, as 
Barton W. Evermann, Gilbert and others. 
George Brown Goode 
Carl H. Eigenmann worked up the fishes 
of tropical America, and Dr. Hugh M. 
Smith has given us many contributions 
to economical ichthyology, with papers 
on the fisheries of this country generally. 
W. ©. Aspnes, Wadleiom Int, Beam, aac 
especially Theo. H. Gill, published long 
series of papers dealing with the taxo- 
nomy of fishes, describing many new 
species, genera, and families. Doctor 
Gill’s work on the classification of this 
branch of the Vertebrata, when reviewed 
and collected into one volume, will have 
a profound influence on the science. Few 
possessed the far-reaching knowledge of 
fishes that he did, and it will be a lasting 
regret that he did not, during his long 
life, give us some general work on the 
subject. 
Edward D. Cope, during his most re- 
markable career in the fields of American 
zoology and paleontology, touched very 
extensively on the science of ichthyology. 
He was one of America’s greatest natur- 
alists, and whatever he turned his atten- 
tion to along such lines was sure of a 
marked advancement. 
Prominent among the earlier writers 
was the well-known ichthyologist Girard, 
who was co-author with Professor Baird 
in some of his writings. In fact, speak- 
ing of the last-named ichthyologist, few, 
indeed, in American zoology did more 
towards furthering the interests of the 
science and economics of the fishes of 
this country than Spencer Fullerton 
Baird. Especially was this the case 
when he held the position of United 
States Commissioner of Fish and Fish- 
eries, and, later, the secretaryship of the 
Smithsonian Institution. It was through 
his most generous encouragement that 
the present writer was enabled to publish 
his “Osteology of Amia calva,’ with 
some twenty other papers and memoirs 
on North American fishes. In those 
long-ago days, Doctor .>. Brown Goode 
was Assistant Secretary of the Smith- 
sonian Instituticn; he was a most tireless 
contributor to the study of the various 
groups of fishes of this country, as well 
as the deep-sea forms. Although but a 
few months past forty-five years of age 
at the time of his death (Feb. 13, 1851— 
Sept. 6, 1896), he had already published 
many minor papers on ichthyology, as 
well as such formal works as “Catalogue 
of the Fishes of the United States” 
870) ea imericantesishes:ay (G@usSo)p 
“The Fisheries and Fishery Industries 
Or wore Usenmecl Staies (issn), aimal 
