288 Zoological Writings of Rajinesque. 



moins il est du devoir de ceux qui ont verifie et constate les faits 

 reels qui les detruiserit, de chercher a les divulger et a eclairer la 



domaine des sciences II est plus facile de copies des erreurs, 



que de rechercher la verite, et quand elle est decouverte, elle a 

 souvent bien de la peine a percer les nuages de I'ignorance ou des 

 prejnges scientifiques." 



Remarques sur trots erreurs ichthyologiques. " The first is the 

 absurd division of fishes into osseous and cartilaginous ;" the se- 

 cond, that authors consider the Pleuronectes as thoracic instead 

 of jugular ; and the third, that the prepared fish roe called botargo, 

 does not belong to the Mugil, but to the Tunny. 

 , Sur quelques animaux hyhrides. This apocryphal account, 

 (founded upon hearsay,) relates to such animals as Felis domes- 

 tica, Didelphis Virginianus; and Procyon Vulpes. 



Sur le genre Mariis, et description d'une nouvelle espece. Three 

 species (two of which are Linnean) are described under two sub- 

 genera, which, with changing specific names, has enabled our 

 author to append his name to them all ! 



Westerti Review. Several articles are inserted here, but we can 

 only mention the Canis leiicurus, a white tailed fox of Kentucky. 



1819. Tioenty four lectures on the natural history of the Uni- 

 verse, the earth and mankind, animals and plants. (MS.) These 

 unpublished lectures are in our possession ; they treat of astrono- 

 my, meteorology, geology, mineralogy, crystallography, &c. Nine 

 of them constitute the zoological portion, and indicate but little 

 talent. The introductories are good, and those devoted to Ameri- 

 can geology amusing, from the singularity of the views advanced. 



1820. Ichthyologia Ohiensis, one vol. 8vo., pp; 90. One hun- 

 dred and eleven species are described. It is a valuable contribu- 

 tion to this branch of science, and Prof. Kirtland's labors in the 

 same field will render a particular notice unnecessary. He very 

 properly separates the broad-mouthed, from the narrow-mouthed 

 Lepidostei. 



Fishes of the Susquehanna. (Unpublished MS.) The de- 

 scriptions are too short to enable one to make out all the species; 

 and, as usual with our author, species are multiplied on the 

 strength of the locality. "Perca interrupta, Raf." is Labrax lin- 

 eatus, Lin. ; Esox chlorops = reticulatus, Les. ; and Luxilus ver- 

 rucosus, is probably Cyprinus cornutus, Mitch. Thirty seven 

 species are described, and thirteen are certainly omitted, which 

 gives fifty species to the Susquehanna. Among the omissions 



