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1877. Recent Literature. 559 
As an indication of the abundance of illustrations in the first volume 
it may be stated that there are nineteen full-page pictures of animals, 
grouped from studies after nature; fifty-two finished cuts in the text of 
apes and monkeys; twelve of bats; twenty-eight of cats; and thirty- 
eight of dogs. A volume on insects has appeared, and the second vol- 
ume on mammals is now in course of publication. 
STL WERA AUS NT eS 
Fish AND Fisnerties.1— From 
à comparatively small beginning the United States Commission of Fish 
and Fisheries has, by its practical results in pisciculture, assumed so 
much importance that Congress last spring appropriated fifty thousand 
dollars for the work of 1877. It is understood that this appropriation 
= 7 be devoted solely to the raising of fish, and not for any purely sci- 
entific investigations, although by the excellent economical management 
of Professor Baird and his assistants in past years a great deal has been 
United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part III, Report of the Com- 
missioner for 1873-74 and 1874-75. Washington. 1876. 8vo, pp. 777. 
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