No. 492] NOTES AND LITERATURE 797 



In the Journal of Experimental Zoology (IV, 1907), :Mr. Charles 

 R. Stockard discusses the influence of external factors, ciioniical and 

 physical on the development of the egg of the killifish (Fun(hilus), 



Fossil Fishes: In the Bull, of Geology of the University of (Cali- 

 fornia, Dr. D. S. Jordan describes the fossil fishes kno^Mi" from the 

 rocks of California, with supplemental notes on other extinct fi.slies. 

 43 species are known from California. Acwdti.^ wrmpliar, llrptmn- 



C. hranncri, Xcnrsfhrs rr/o.r, FJrlnqus srinfilhtus, Hnqnno .s-n/itiulini.s- 

 and />'. iM^inrsi, aii.l .Un-rla mr/li, donf-^sn ;,rc <h-MTil..'<l us new. 

 Xetu-sthc., I'.tringu., i^.uvni.. ;.n<l Mcrriamclhi ;l^c nc^^ genera. Ro- 



The genus Knightia (/v. eocanio) t'roni the Crccn I{iv(-r Kocene is 



(Starks) from Oregon. Teeth of fossil sahiioii from the (Quaternary 



of the Cohnnl)i;.. 



In the Mrmnir. tUr \ru Yovl M.tr .Miimm;,,, ,\. 1'.m)7, I ),-. 



