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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST [A^oi. XLI 



Fi'^hes of South Africa: Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (Marine Investiga- 

 tions in South Africa, 1907) descrikvs lo new species of fishes, some 

 of them of special interest. Dr. Jacques Pellegrin (Assoc. Fran^aisc 

 Avane. Sci., 1906) notes the presence of a genus of Asiatic family 

 of Nandidae (Polycentropsis) in Africa (Rio Niger). 



Fithe.^ of Xe,o Guinea : In Resultiit. Exp. Sci. Xeerl. a la nouvelle 

 Guince (Leiden, 1907) Dr. Max Weber describes the fresh water 

 fishes of New Guinea ^^ith many new species. This is an excellent 

 paper, well illustrated. 



Fishes of ihe Antarrtic: In ihc Kxp.'dition Antarctique Fran^aise 

 (Paris, 1907) Dr. Leon Wiillnni M ^ ihe fishes, with several nesv 

 species. A genus, ArtedidiiK ... (■..nnn. iiiorates the 200th anniversary 

 of the birthday of the " Father of Ichf hvology," Petrus Artedi. 



In Illustrations of the Zoology of the iHvcstifjafor (Calcutta, lOOo), 

 Alcock and MacGilchrist figure deep sea crustaceans and fishes 

 already described. 



In the Sitzungsberichte of the Academy of Vienna (1907, XXVIII), 

 Dr. Steindachner describes a number of fishes from Jurua, Brazil, 

 and in two other papers, other sp(>cies from str(>ams of southern Brazil, 



Dr. IxKii. Dollo (Pro,-, i^.val -Soc Kdit, burgh, XXVI 1, 1907) nol(-. 

 the rediscovery of :> .inmilnr p--l;iu-i.- fish, rn/nuiofhnnu.s hnnhrri, uhi<-h 

 he regards as .•.lly of P.n.h-pls. 



Mr. J. Douirlas Ogill.v in ih(> Aiuuiid Keport of the Amateur Fisher- 

 men's A>soci;.rioii of (^iKvii.lan.l i Brisbane 1907) gives a li.^t of the 

 species of fishes in the collection, with new generic names, undefined, 

 but with indicated types as follows: liatrachomoeus (coerus IXA'is) 

 "the Greater Frog-fish," Brachaelurus (rolrhtiH/hi, new sj)ecies) the 

 "Blue Gray Blind-shark," (\)ryzi(hthys Ollemeris-is Le SucMir) the 

 "Banded Frog-fish." These wer(> described in a paper rea<l March 

 23, 1907, but the iicconiits h;ive not yet appeared. A number of new 

 sjx'cies to be dcscrib^'d are also indicated, the types being in this col- 

 lection. 



In the Records of the ( 'anicrhnry Musnin. ( l!>()7. 1) Mr. Kdgnr b. 



This h>re shows how far fn»ni ••omplete is ,.ur knowledge of New 

 Zealand fishes. It is safe to say t hat a thorough survey of these waters 



