3 Pisces, 
PISCES. 
Fiske. (The Norwegian North- Atlantic Expedition. Zoology : 
Fishes.) Christiania : 1880, imp. 4to, 166 pp., 5 pis. 
This work, which is also given in English, contains extensive observa- 
tions on the synonymy, food, and geographical distribution of 32 species. 
The plates are beautifully executed. 
Europe. 
Day, F. The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. London ; 1880, 8vo. 
The first fascicle of this important work contains 64 pages and 27 
beautiful plates. Extensive descriptions and synonyms, with remarks on 
the economic uses and various modes of capture of the British species of 
the families Perddoe, Mullidce^ Sparidcc^ ScorpcGnidcG^^iU^L a part of that of 
the Cottidce^ form this first fascicle. 
Lloyd Patterson, B. Fish and Fishing in Belfast Lough. P. Belf. 
Soc. 1880, pp. 234-266. 
Heincke, F. Die Gohiidce und Syngnathidce der Ostsee, nebst biolo- 
j gischen Bemerkungen. Arch. f. Nat. 1880, pp. 301-354. 
3 species of Gohiidce and 4 of Syngnathidce inhabit the Baltic. 
Beneke, B. Fische, Fischerei, und Fischzucht in Ost-und Westpreussen. 
Konigsberg : 1880, 8vo, pts. 1 & 2. 320 pp., with many illustrations. 
An account of all the fishes of Prussia, with short descriptions and 
notes on their habits. 
Hapke, L. Fische und Fischerei im Wesergebeite (Zweiter Beitrag). 
Abh. Ver. Brem. vi. pp. 677-616. 
Fraisse, P. Die Fische des Maingebeites von Unterfranken und 
Aschaffenburg. Wurzburg: 1880, 8vo, 19 pp. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Giglioli, E. H. Elenco dei Mammiferi, degli Uccelli e dei Rettili ittio- 
fagi appartenenti alia Fauna italica, e Catalogo degli Anfibi o dei 
Pesci italiani. Firenze : 1880, 8vo (Pisces, pp. 18-55). 
This list includes 571 species of fishes. 
Yinciguerra, D. Appunti ittiologici sulle collezioni del Museo Civico 
di Genova, lii. Intorno ai Blennioidi del Golfo di Genova. Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xv. pp. 430-453, with woodcuts. 
One new species is described. 
Emery, C. Le specie del genere Fierasfer del Golfo di Napoli e regione 
limitrofe ; in “Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel,” ii. Leipzig ; 
1880, 4to, 76 pp., 9 pis. [Also in Atti Ac. Line. (3) vii. pp. 167-254, 
pis. i.-ix.] 
H. E. Sauvage has published notes on some fishes collected by M. 
Letourneux in Epirus, Corfu [and Lake Mareotis, Lower Egypt] ; 3 
species, 1 of which is new, were collected in Corfu, and 1 in Epirus. 
Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. pp. 211-215. 
