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article (1864^ vi. pp. 69-105) the author makes historical and in- 
troductory remarks on the efforts made hy Austria in developing 
the resources of power and wealth offered by her situation on the 
Adriatic. He shows that, compared with other nations, Austria 
is far behind with regard to the income derived from marine pro- 
ductions. Yet, of the 440 kinds of fishes known to inhabit the 
Adriatic, about 100 are valuable food-fishes, although only 40 
are esteemed for the table. He then enters into a consideration 
of the measures which ought to be adopted for an improvement 
of the fisheries. In the second article (1865, i. pp. 108-141) the 
physical features of the Venetian coast, and the instruments used 
by the Venetian fishermen, are described. The fisheries of the 
arious towns of this district have gradually declined. The third 
article (1865, hi. pp. 66-99) treats of the fisheries of the coast of 
Gorz; and the fourth (1866, pp. 50-117) of those of Istria. A 
detailed account is given of the fisheries of Sardines, Anchovies, 
Mackarels, Tunnies, &c., and of their preparation for the trade. 
The author calculates the whole produce of Istrian fisheries at 
52,000 hundredweights, of whieh 24,000 are salted, requiring 
6000 hundredweights of salt. The fifth and sixth articles (1867, 
ix. pp. 45-89) contain reports on the fisheries of the Croatian 
and Dalmatian coasts. 
Algeria. Messrs. Playfair and Letourneux have published 
a Memoir on the Hydrographical System and the Freshwater 
Fish of Algeria in A. & M. N. FI. 1871, viii. pp. 373-394, in 
w hich they give a highly instructive account of the hydrographical 
features of the various parts of Algeria, peculiar in this respect, 
that a portion of the waters return to the clouds without passing 
through the sea, or circulate in vast subterranean lakes. ‘ The 
authors describe or notice 21 freshwater species, of which 16 are 
found in the Tell, 7 on the High Plateaux, and 4 in the Sahara. 
Five are peculiar to Algeria. Very singular is the presence in 
fresh water of several marine forms. 
United States. "A partial synopsis of the Fishes of the 
Fresh Waters of North Carolina,^^ by E. D. Cope. P. Am. Phil. 
Soc. 1870, pp. 448-495. The author describes or mentions 81 
species, besides others from various parts of the United States. 
He characterizes the river-systems of North Carolina, and tabu- 
lates the species found in each. — " On some Etheostomine Perch 
from Tennessee and North Carolina,^^ by E. D. Cope, P. Am. 
Phil. Soc. 1870, pp. 261-270. — The notes on freshwater fishes 
of New Jersey by C. C. Abbott (see Zool. Record, vii. p. 83) 
have been continued in Amer. Nat. 1871, iv. pp. 717-720. — 
On the Food and Habits of some of our Marine Fishes, by A. 
E. Verrill. Amer. Nat. 1871, v. pp. 397-400. 
Tf^est Indies. Prof. Cope has reported on some collections 
made at St. Martinis, St. Croix, and St. Christopher’s. He enu- 
merates the species contained in these collections, and describes 
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