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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST [Vol. XL VI 



In the Report of the Scientific Investigations of Shackleton's 

 British Antarctic Expedition, Edgar E. Waite describes the new 

 species obtained. 



In the Records of the Canterbury Museum Edgar R. Waite 

 gives the scientific results of the trawling expedition of the New 

 Zealand government. Numerous interesting discoveries are 

 recorded. 



In the Publications of the Department of Trade and Com- 

 merce of Australia, 1911, are given the results of the investiga- 

 tions of the steamer Endeavour by Mr. Allan R. McCulloch. 

 Many interesting discoveries are recorded. 



In the Proc. V. 8. Nat. Mus. for 1912 Mr. Radcliffe gives a 

 most interesting account of new Pediculate fishes taken by the 

 Albatross in the Philippines. 



In the same proceedings Dr. Hugh M. Smith describes the 

 three Chimreroid fishes taken in the Philippines. 



In the same proceedings Dr. Smith describes a new family of 

 Notidanoid sharks. The genus Pentanchus differs from the 

 others in having five branchial openings only, like the ordinary 

 shark. In a note in Science, July 19, 1912, p. 81, Mr. Regan 

 claims that this shark is merely a Scylliorhinus which has been 

 deprived of a dorsal fin. 



In the same proceedings Dr. Smith describes numerous Squal- 

 oid sharks from the Philippines. As to these, Mr. Regan claims 

 that Nasisqualus is identical with Acanthidium and with Deania. 

 S'/iniUnlus is a valid genus. 



In the same proceedings Mr. Radcliffe describes 15 new 

 species of Amia (Apogon) and related genera from the Philip- 

 pines. 



In the Abhandl. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. Frankfurt, Vol. 

 XXXIV, 1911, Professor Max Weber gives an account of the 

 fishes taken in the Aru and Kei Islands with a series of excellent 

 figures. 



In Science, May 12, 1911, Dr. Theodore Gill gives a valuable 

 review of Professor Thompson's translation of Aristotle's "His- 

 tory of Animals. ' ' 



In a volume entitled "The Freshwater Fishes of the British 

 Isles" Mr. C. Tate Regan gives a most valuable popular account 

 of the different river fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. This 

 is written in such a way that no person of intelligence need have 

 any difficulty in recognizing the different species found in the 

 British streams. 



