THE GENERAL SUBJECT, FAUN^. 
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[ Geographical Distribution of Fishes. A short paper by Theodore 
I Gill is reprinted in Ann. N. H. (4) xv. pp. 251-265, being a contribution 
j to Johnson’s New Universal Cyclopaedia ; and Dr. Sclater in his “ Ad- 
I dress to the Biological Section of the British Association,” Belfast, 
1874, makes general remarks on the existing state of knowledge of this 
I subject. 
A catalogue of books and writings on Ichthyology compiled by D. 
Bosgoed ; “ Bibliotheca Ichthyologica et Piscatoria,” Haarlem : 1874. 
Northern Asia. 
FAUNiE. 
Dybowski, in a paper on the ichthyological fauna of Lake Baikal, in 
Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxiv. p. 383, ^numerates 28 species, of which 13 are 
described as new. 
Europe. 
McIntosh has given a classified catalogue of the fish of St. Andrew’s 
Bay. Marine Invertebrates and Fishes of St. Andrew’s. Edinburgh : 
1875, 4to, pp. 168-186, pi. vi. figs. 4, 6 & 6. 
** TJiynnus pelamySy Batistes maculaius^ and Scy Ilium stellare added to the 
list of Scandinavian Fauna. A. W. Malm, (Efv. Ak. Forh. 1875, No. 7, 
pp. 3 & 8, & No. 10, p. 33. 
Kessler, in a work on the Fishes of the Black Sea and the Caspian (St. 
Petersburg : 1874, 1 pL), describes 9 new species of Gobius, which will 
be recorded below ; the total number of species belonging to different 
genera is 43. 
Canary Islands. 
R. DE Silva Ferro. Pesquerias y sus Productos en la Isla Graciosa. 
London : 1876, large 8vo, 217 pp. Contains a synoptical list with 
figures of the fishes of the Canaries. 
y 8t. Helena. 
' Melliss, J. C. St. Helena. London : 1876, large 8vo. Peaces, pp. 100- 
113, pis. xix.-xxi. 
Seventy-five species (none fresh-water) are recorded, with brief 
notices of peculiarities and localities ; 17 are indigenous, and 21 more are 
closely identified with the island. 
^ East Indies. 
Day, F. The Fishes of India. London : 1875, 4to. In four parts. 
Part i. pp. 168, pis. i.-xxxix. 
A work giving diagnosis and figure of each species, with synoptical 
tables of the genera. The present part contains the families of Giin- 
ther’s series of “ Perciformes.” Several new species are described. 
Bleeker, in “ Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales N^er- 
landaises,’^ livr. 28, pp. 1 & 2, states that the Indopelagic fauna contains 
more than 300 species of Percidce^ i.e., about one-fourth of the known 
