108 CONTRIBUTIONS JO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY II. 



KIRTLAND (Jared Potter). Description of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River, 

 and their Tributaries. By Jared P. Kirtland, M. D. <^ Boston Journal of Natural 

 History, v, pp. 330-336 {Siluridce), 1846. 



[Describes Pimelodus nebulosus, P. "-upreus, P. ccerulescens, P. limosus, and Noturus flavus. The 

 descriptions are rather unsatisfactory, as the author conlounds two or more distinct species under 

 some of the above names. The description of P. ccerulescens, for example, chiefly refers apparently 

 to Amiurus nigricans, the anal fin is that of Ich'hcelurus robustus, the figure of the adult repre- 

 sents A. nigricans, while that of the young is Icttthcelurus punctatus. The figure of Pimelodus 

 nebulosus represents Amiurus xanthocephalus, while the description applies to either.] 



STORBR (David Humphreys). A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, by 

 David Humphreys Storer, M. D., A. A. S., Vice-president of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History ; Member of the American Philosophical Society, Corresponding 

 Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, etc. Cambridge : 

 Metcalf & Company, Printers to the University. 1846. (Reprinted from Memoirs 

 of the American Academy, ii, 1846.) 



[Contains descriptions of seventeen species, chiefly compiled from the accounts given by Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes and Dr. Kirtland.] 



AGASBIZ (Louis). Lake Superior : its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals 

 compared with those of other and similar regions, by Louis Agassiz, with a narra- 

 tive of the tour by J. Elliott Cabot, and contributions by other scientific gentle- 

 men. Elegantly illustrated. Boston : Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 59 Washington 

 Street. 1850. 



[Describes Pimelodus /elis Ag., sp. nov., and outlines a division of the geuua Pimelodus into 

 several genera.] 



HOUGH (Franklin B.). Fifth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of 

 the State of New York on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, 

 and the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto. Albany : C. Van 

 Benthuysen, printer to the Legislature. 1852. 

 [Description oi Pimelodus gracilis, sp. nov.] 



BAIRD (Spencer FuUerton) and GIRARD (Charles). Description of New Species 

 of Fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora by Mr. John H. Clark on 

 the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey and in Texas by Capt. Stewart 

 Van Vliet, U. S. A., by S. F. Baird and Charles Girard. <; Proceedings of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. vii, 1854, pp. 24-29. 



[Description of Pimelodus afflnis ap. nov. This species is here stated to be a very near affine 

 of Pimelodus cerulescens. Prom old labels in the museum, it appears that the species called by me 

 Ichthcelurus furcatus was identified by Dr. Girard with Pimelodus ccerulescens, while the Pimelo- 

 dus farcatus of Girard is what I call Ichthcelurus punctatus.] 



HOLBROOK (John Edward). An account of several species of Fish observed in 

 Florida, Georgia, &c. By John Edward Holbrook, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, 

 &c., Charleston, S. C. <^ Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 

 phia, vol. iii, second series, pp. 47-58, 1855. 

 [Description and figure of Amiurus marmoratus.} 



STORER (David Humphreys). A History of the Fishes of Massachussetts. By 

 David Humplireys Storer. <^ Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sci- 

 ences (Boston), new series. (1853 to 1867.) 

 [Description and good figure of Pimelodus atrarius.] 



GIRARD (Charles). Notes on various New Genera and New Species of Fishes in the 

 Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and Collected in Connection with the 

 United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Major William Emory, Commissioner. 

 By Charles Girard, M. D. <^ Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, 1858, pp. 167-171. 

 [Description of Pimelodus vulpes sp. nov.] 



