60 The American Naturalist. [January, 
The recessus orbitalis, an accessory visual apparatus in flat fishes. 
This consists of a diverticulum of the orbital cavity, innervated by the 
facialis, and is supposed to play a part in the protraction and retrac- 
tion of the eye. (V) A description of a sole with symmetrical eyes. 
(VI) The reproduction of the Scad (Carang trachurus) which ovipos- 
its in May, the eggs being pelagic and containing an oil globule, the 
yolk being broken up into spherules. (VII) A dwarf variety of the 
Plaice in which it appears that the forms with ciliated scales are males, 
those with smooth scales females. 
J. T. Cunningham describes” the young stages of Zeugopterus punc- 
-tatus in which he discusses the relation of various Pleuronected young. 
He also describes the experiments carried on in the Plymouth labora- 
tory in rearing fish larvæ. 
Evermann has been studying the salmon fisheries of the Columbia 
River basin and clearly shows that extensive damage has already 
been done by over fishing and especially by fishing throughout the 
whole of the run. The commissioner suggests the stoppage of fishing 
-during September and October, by laws passed by all of the states in- 
terested. A valuable annotated list of all the fishes collectedfis given 
in which several new species are described. 
Barracata.—Groénberg and von Klinckowstrém publish? an ac- 
-count of the structure of the Surinam Toad, Pipa americana. Integu- 
ment, including the pouches for the young, digestive, respiratory, uro- 
genital, nervous and vascular systems are described. 
Repriiia.—As a result of an osteological investigation Baur con- 
-cludes that the genus Anniella must be placed in a separate family, 
very close to the Anguide, and has its closest relative in Anguis itself. 
Figures are promised in a forthcoming paper on the morphology of 
Amphisbeenia. 
Dr. Einar Leenberg of the University of Upsala, spent nearly a 
year collecting in Florida. A list of Reptiles and Batrachians col- 
18 Jour. Biol. Assoc., iii, 202, 1894 
14 Rept. Commiss. of Fish and Fishorise on Investigations in the Columbia 
River Basin, W: 1894. 
15 Zool. Jahrbücher. Abth. Anat., vii, 1894. 
16 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 348, 1894. 
