PISCES. 
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through booksellers, generally only from the University to 
which they are presented ; and therefore we are very glad to see 
Dr. Jacoby’s paper reprinted in Zeitschr. ges. Ntrwiss. xxx. 
pp. 258-297. 
B. Papers published in Journals, 
Ambrose, J. Some observations on the fishing-gi’ounds and 
fish of St. Margaret’s Bay, N. S. Proc. & Trans. N. Scot. 
Inst. Nat. Sc. i. part 4. pp. 33-43 ; ii. part 1. pp. 67-76. 
(Bleeker, P. Description de quelques especes nouvelles de 
Gobius de Madagascar. Arch. N eerland. 1 867, pp. 403-420. 
Canestrini, G. Due note ittiologiche. 1. Sopra alcuni pesci 
dell’ Arno. 2. Effetti di dimagramento osservati nel 
Gobius fluviatilis (Bon.). Annuar, Soc. Nat. Modena, ii. 
1867, pp. 7-13. 
Also in this paper the author has continued t6 show the 
variations of fishes by which ichthyologists, and recently par- 
ticularly Blanchard, have been induced to describe a number of 
nominal species. 
Capello, F. de Brito. Peixes novos de Portugal e da Africa 
occidental e caracteres distinctivos d’outras especies ja 
conhecidas. Jorn. Sc. math. phys. e nat. Lisboa, no. ii. 
1867, March, pp. 154-169, with a plate. 
Notices or describes six species, which will be mentioned 
subsequently. 
. Catalogo dos peixes de Portugal que existem no Museu 
de Lisboa. Ibid. no. iii. 1867, Agost. pp. 233-264, with a 
plate. Continued in no. iv. [Not concluded.] 
Cope, E. D. Synopsis of the Cyprinidse of Pennsylvania. Trans. 
Am. Phil. Soc. xiii. 1867, pp. 351-399, with four plates and 
woodcuts. To which is added a Supplement on some 
new species of American and African Fishes, pp. 400-407 ; 
and a Supplementary Synopsis of the Esoces of Middle 
North America, pp. 407-410. 
The author concludes the first very valuable paper with his 
views on the probable law of evolution of types,” pp. 397, 398. 
. On the Genera of Freshwater Fishes, Hypsilepis and 
PhotogeniSy Cope, their species and distribution. Proc. Ac. 
Nat. Sc. Philad. 1867, pp. 156-166. 
Day, F. On the Fishes of the Neilgherry Hills and rivers 
around their bases. Proc; Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 281-302. 
The author, in his introductory remarks, observes that an 
attempt to introduce Trout into the waters of the Neilgherry 
hills has failed (as has been foreseen by all acquainted with the 
nature of Salmonoid fishes) , but that he has transported several 
