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brated Animals,' by Professor T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., 1871 ; 

 Gegenbaur's ' Elements of Comparative Anatomy,' trans- 

 lated and revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester, 1878 ; 

 ' A History of the Fishes of the British Islands,' by 

 Jonathan Couch, 4 vols., with coloured figure of each species, 

 1858; 'A History of British Fishes,' by William Yarrell, 

 2 vols., 1859; 'An Introduction to the Study of Fishes,' 

 by Dr. Albert Gunther, 1880; a 'Familiar History of 

 British Fishes,' by Frank Buckland, 1878 ; and 'The Fishes 

 of Great Britain and Ireland,' by Dr. Francis Day, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., now in course of publication. 



The author has, in conclusion, to acknowledge his in- 

 debtedness to Messrs. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, the Com- 

 mittee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 

 and Messrs. Adam & Charles Black of Edinburgh, for their 

 kind courtesy in supplying him with electrotypes of the 

 wood engravings in their possession, utilised for the illus- 

 tration of this handbook. 



Buckland Fish Museum, 



Science and Art Department, South Kensington. 

 May 22nd, 1S83. 



