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of this kind is the destruction of the species inhabiting the 

 Lake of the Woods by Michigan fishermen who took them by 

 thousands from their spawning beds in Rainy River, preserving 

 the eggs for caviar and throwing the bodies away. 



In the Biological Bulk-tin, XIV (1908), B. G. Smith records 

 the spawning habits of the minnow Chrosomns, this work being 

 part of a series of investigations undertaken by the advanced 

 students of Professor Jacob Reighard, of the University of 

 Michigan. 



In the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (Vol. XXVII, 

 1907), Professor Snyder records the "Fishes of the Coastal 

 Streams of California," Hybopsis erameri. lUtinielttlujs <v<r- 

 manni and Ptychocheilus umpquee are described as new species 

 from the Umpqua region in Oregon, and Colostomas Jmwbolrt- 

 tianus from Humboldt County, California. Professor Snyder 

 shows that Laicise us caurinus is a species of Lenciscus, and not 

 identical with Mijlo, h 'Ins h,t< rails. Professor Snyder gives an 

 interesting map of the coastwise streams, showing the distribu- 

 tion of the different faunal groups. 



In the same Bulletin, Professor Snyder discusses the "Fish 

 Fauna of the Lakes of Southeastern Orviron" with reference to 

 the distribution of the different forms. Catostomus warncrensis 

 and Rutilus orcejonensis from Warner Lake, and Rutilus colum- 

 bianns from the Columbia River, are described as new species. 

 A map of the isolated Warner Lake region, the remains of Lake 

 Idaho, is given. 



In the same Bulletin, the paper on the habits and dis- 

 tribution of fishes in the Sacramento Basin, by the late 

 Cloudsley Rutter, is published. The manuscript, prepared be- 

 fore the death of the lamented author, who was one of the 

 most careful observers of fishes connected with the Bureau of 

 Fisheries, has been revised by Dr. Evermann. In this paper, 

 Catostomus microps, Cottus asperrima (us) and Coitus macrops, 

 new species from Modoc County, California, are described. 



In the same Bulletin (1908), Jordan and Richardson describe 

 the fishes collected in the Philippines by Richard Crittenden 



iwoh 8 !' d Ele ? n new species are described and fijmmL a i 



In the Hamburger Magalheeusische Sam melreise (1907), Pro- 



