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In the 1 'Scientific Investigations of the Fishes of Ireland" 

 (No. V, 1908), Holt and Byrne record certain fishes of the Irish 

 Atlantic Slope. 



In the Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture in the Dutch 

 East Indies (1908), Van Kampen describes the larva of 

 Megalops, which passes through changes similar to those already- 

 recorded for Albula. 



In the Norwegian journal Naturen for 1908, Stejneger dis- 

 cusses in Norwegian the species of char found in Norway, 

 Salvelinus salvcliints and Sale* linns alpinus. 



In the Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology 

 (Vol. XVIII, No. 6, 1908), Professor J. B. Johnston describes in 

 detail the nervous system of the lamprey. 



In the same Journal, Professor Johnston further discusses the 

 physiology of the nerves of the lamprey. 



In the Anatomical Record (Vol. II, No. 6, 1908). Professor 

 Johnston discusses the question of the presence of the glosso- 

 pharyngeal nerve in the hagfish. 



In the same Journal, Professor Stockard gives a note on the 

 same subject. 



In the Zoologischen Jahrbuchem of Jiessen (1908), E. P. 

 Allis, Jr., discusses the bloodvessels in various bony fishes. 



In the same Journal, Dr. E. Philippi discusses the name and 

 development of certain viviparous fishes of the genus Glari- 

 dichthys. 



In the American Breeders Association (Vol. IV), the Com- 

 mittee on Breeding Fish, J. W. Titcomb, Chairman, discuss the 

 possibility of improvement of fish stock by selective breeding. 



In the Memoirs of the Royal Society of Copenhagen (1908), 

 Dr. H. F. E. Jungersen gives an elaborate account of the genera 

 of fishes related to Centriscus. This is a most valuable contribu- 

 tion to our knowledge of the fishes of this type, and ought to 

 help settle the questions as to their relationship to other related 



In the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Vol. 

 45, 1907), W. E. Agar gives a valuable account of the paired 

 fins in Lepidosiren and Protopterus, with special reference to 

 the nerve structures. 



In the Annual Report of the Department of Marine and 

 Fisheries for Canada, are given valuable studies of the effect of 

 dynamite explosions and sawdust on fish life. The evil effects 



