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PISCES. 
^ L^Italia/ a work devoted to a complete account of the physical 
features, history, art, and statistics of Italy. It is published at 
Milan in 8vo, the ichthyological portion having been issued in 
the years 1871-72 (although no date is given on the covers), and 
comprising 208 pages. Prof. Canestrini has worked out his por- 
tion after the manner of a prodromus ; that is, short diagnostic 
descriptions are given of the species enumerated, with their ver- 
nacular names, and occasional notes referring to their history. 
Prof. P. Pavesi has published a separate pamphlet, entitled 
^ I Pesci e la pesca nel Cantone Ticino,^ Lugano, 1871-73, 8vo, 
pp. 150j which seems to have originally appeared in the ^ Agri- 
coltore Ticinese ’ for the same years. The author describes in 
detail 23 species, some of which will be mentioned in the special 
part of this Record j and discusses, in separate chapters, the in- 
struments and methods used in the canton for catching fishes, 
and the laws and regulations relating to fishing. 
In the introductory part of his treatise the author notices an- 
other work on the fishes of this district, which has not been seen 
by the Recorder, and may he mentioned here, viz. M. Monti, 
‘ Notizie dei pisce delle provincie di Como e Sondrio e del Can- 
tone Ticino,^ Como : 1864. 
Dr. A. P. Ninni gives a list of twelve fishes which propagate 
in the lagunes of Venice ; four species of Gobies and the Stickle- 
back build nests. Atti Soc. Pad. i. 1872, pp. 92-96. 
A general account of the fisheries of Bardmia, Sicily , Taranto y 
and Naples, with lists of fishes collected in those localities, is 
given by A. Targioni-Tozzetti, in his ‘ Relazione sulla pesca a 
S. E. il Ministro diAgricoltura,^' Genova : 1872, 8vo, pp. 71. An 
account of the fishes of the Lake Fusaro, near Naples, by Costa, 
is added (pp. 61 & 62). 
In a sketch of the Vertebrate Fauna of Sicily, Prof. Doderlein 
enumerates the fishes found in or round the island, about 390 in 
number. He states that this zoological district is characterized ; 
— 1, by a greater variety of species than is found in most other 
European districts ; 2, by the recurring appearance of some 
rare species usually found in other parts of the Mediterranean 
or Atlantic [this has been observed also elsewhere] ; and, 3, by 
the occurrence of individuals twice or thrice the normal size. 
Ann. Soc. Mod. vi. 1872, pp. 60. 
Black Sea. A list of the fishes, amounting to 83 species, is 
contained in a work written in Russian by Basil Ulianin, and 
entitled ^Materials for a Fauna of the Black Sea^ (Moscow: 
1872, 4to, pp. 89-99) ; but not seen by the Recorder. 
Turkestan. K. F. Kessler has published an Ichthyological 
Fauna of Turkestan,^^ in N. Mem. Mosc. 1872, x. pp. 32, with 
7 plates. The memoir, unfortunately, is written in Russian, but 
we see that about 25 species (viz. 1 Cottus, 1 Silurus, 1 Scaphi- 
