714 Recent Literature. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
THE SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE PAL#ONTOLOGY OF NEW 
especially the colossal Mesothyra oceani. Of Phyllopoda, some 
interesting forms are described and figured, as well as Cirripedia; 
while the remainder of the volume is devoted to the molluscs.—f: 
Goopr’s AMERICAN FisueEs.!—This is the most comprehensive 
work which has yet appeared in which North American fishes are 
described in popular language, “ with especial reference,” as the 
title-page informs us, “to habits and methods of capture.” The 
opportunities of its author have been unequalled, since as an officer 
of the U. S. Fish Commission, and as especially devoted to ichthyo- 
logical science, he has been for years familiar with its work. Many 
of the important results of this work are set forth in the book mage 
consideration. These embrace the determination of the nature 0 
the migration, and time and place of breeding of many of the marne 
species. This subject is in the nature of the case difficult of explo- 
ration and elucidation, but a great deal has been accomplished by 
the Fish Commission in that direction, although much remains to 
be done. Among the discoveries brought to light by them may et: 
cited the habits of that most valuable fish, the Spanish mackere 
protection which can be extended to it on its breeding grounds. 
The relative importance of the various food fishes is determin 9 
not only by their quality and abundance, but by their relation 
‘American Fishes. A Popular Treatise upon the Game and 2 
Fishes of North America. By G. Brown Goode, Asst. Sec. Smi 
nian Instn. New York: Standard Book Co., 1888, pp. 500. 
