CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor American Naturalist: 



Dear Sir : —Vxoi. B. G. Wilder has called my attention to errors 

 in nomenclature and typography in my article "Oral Breathing 

 Valves in Teleosts," etc., in the American Naturalist for February. 

 The observations recorded in the paper were made two years ago in 

 his laboratory, under the immediate supervision of Instructor H. D. 

 Reed. I supposed that acceptance of the results included sanction 

 of the names employed, whereas it appears that Prof. Wilder and 

 Dr. Reed intended only to commend the observations themselves, 

 and took for granted that, before publication, proof would be sub- 

 mitted to them. My removal to Louisiana rendered this inconven- 

 ient ; I took for granted that either the manuscript or a proof would 

 be submitted to the ichthyological editor of the Naturalist; finally, 

 my own revision had to be done hastily and without access to books. 

 Whatever their causes, the errors are deeply regretted ; I realize 

 "the right of scientific names to be correctly written," and avail 

 myself gratefully of the opportunity to publish the following list of 



E. G. Mitchell. 



Baton Rouge, La., May 28, 1904. 



Page 153, line 5, for MacuUum read Macallum. 



" " " 14, " Eupomotus " Eupomotis. 



*' 154, lines 5 and 8, for brancheostegal read branchiostegal. 



" " third line from bottom, {ox punctatus read gyrinus. 



" " last " for Eupomotus, read Eupomotis. 



" 155, figure 3, second line, for Clupea, read Pomolobus. 



" " " fourth " " Astrocopus, read Astroscopus. 



" 156 fifth line from bottom, and page 157, nth line from 

 bottom, Ambloplytes gruniens, correctly spelled is Ambloplites grun- 

 niens^ and should be Aplodinotus grunniens. 



