GENERAL NOTES AND FAUNAJ. 83 
1872, pp. 609-61G, pis. 20-22; Compt. Rend. 1872, pp. 366- 
369. 
Gulliver, G. On the size of the red corpuscles of the blood 
of the SalmonidcE and some other Vertebrates. P. Z. S. 
1872, pp. 833-836. 
Hertwig, 11. Die lymphoiden Driisen auf der Oberflache des 
Storherzens. Arch. mikr. Anat. ix. pp. 62-79, Taf. 6. 
[The lymphoid glands on the surface of the heart of the 
Sturgeon.] 
IIyrtl, J. Die Kopfarterien der Haifische. Denkschr. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, xxxii. 1872, pp. 263-275, w^th 3 plates. 
Oellacher, J. Beitrage zur Entvvicklungsgeschichte der 
Knochenfische nach Beobachtungen am Bachforelleneie. 
Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. 1872, pp. 373-421, Taf. 32 & 33. 
[Contributions to the history of the development of osseous 
fishes from observations on Trout-ova.] 
Parker, W! K. On the structure and development of the 
skull of the Salmon. Proc. Boy. Soc. 1872, pp. 360-362 \ 
(abstract) . 
Ranvier, L. Des etranglements annulaires et des segments in- 
terannulaires chez les Raies et les Torpilles. Compt. Rend. 
1872, pp. 1129-1132. 
7. General Notes and Faunae. 
I F. PoEY, in his “ Plantilla descriptiva ictiologica ” (An. Soc. 
; Esp. i. pp. 17-31) makes general remarks on the method fol- 
j lowed in ichthyological descriptions. 
Dr. V. Martens has published an article on some of the nest- 
building fishes. Zool. Gart. 1872, pp. 107-116. 
- Siberia, Mag. F. Schmidt’s report on his expedition to the 
lower parts of the Jenissei has been noticed above (pp. 4, 5, 26). 
Heenumerates (pp. 44-46) fifteen fishes, named after Pallas. 
B. Dybowski has published diagnoses of 23 species from the 
River Amur and its tributaries, in Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1872, 
])p. 209-220. Most of these fishes are described as new, and will 
be mentioned below. We shall not add their characteristics, 
because they require reexamination, the author being confined 
beyond the limits in which he could have access to modern 
literature. More detailed descriptions, with figures, will be 
published by the Russian Geographical Society. 
Italy . Prof. Canestrini has compiled the ichthyological part 
of the Fauna dTtalia. Parte 111. Pesce,” which appears in 
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