GENERAL. FAUN M . 
Pisces 3 
Prince, E. E. On the Development of the Food Fishes at the St. 
Andrew’s Marine Laboratory. Rep. Brit. Ass. 1885, pp. 1091-1093. 
Brook, S. The Spawning Period of the British Food Fishes. Rep. 
Fish. -Board Scotl. 1885, pp. 242-254. 
L. Yaillant has general remarks on deep-sea Fishes, particularly 
Physostomi. C.R. ciii, pp. 1237-1239. 
Pancritius, P. Ueber Nahrung und Yerdauung unserer Fische. Ber. 
Fisch. Ver. 0. u. W. Preuss. 1885, No. 2 ; translated in Bull. U. S. 
Fish Comm. 1886, pp. 145-148. 
On the food and digestion of German Fish. 
Tybbing, 0. Giftige Fiske. Norsk Fiskeritidende, Bergen, 1885° ; 
translated in Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 1886, pp. 148-151. 
On the principal (mostly tropical) Fish the flesh of which is poisonous. 
P. Pavesi has some piscicultural notes in a letter addressed to B. 
Benecke. Atti Soc. Ital. xxviii, pp. 253-263 ; translated in Bull. U. S. 
Fish Comm. 1886, pp. 263-265. 
Richet, C. Experiences sur la vie des Poissons dans divers milieux, et 
sur Faction physiologique des difi^rents sels de soude. CR. Soc* 
Biol. (8) iii. pp. 482-488. 
. Des milieux acides ou basiques dans lesquels peuvent vivre les 
Poissons de mer. T. c. pp. 488 & 489. 
Fish killed by poisonous water ; A. H. Glennan, Bull. U. S. Fish 
Comm. 1886, pp. 10 & 11. 
The mortality of Fish in the Gulf of Mexico ; J. G. Webb, t. c. pp. 
11-13. 
Fish killed by cold along the Gulf of Mexico and coast of Florida ; 
J. Willcox, t. c. p. 123. 
On the mortality of Fish at Lake Mille Lac, Minnesota ; F. L. Wash- 
burn, Am. Nat. xx, pp. 896 & 897. 
D. S. Jordan has notes on typical specimens of Fishes described by 
Cuvier and Yalenciennes ; P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, pp. 525-546. 
Piesbergen, F. Die Ekto- und Entoparasiten, von welchen die in der 
Umgebung von Tubingen lebenden Fische bewohnt werden. JH. 
Yer. Wiirtt. xlii. pp. 73-88. 
FAUNAE. 
Arctic Zone. 
Lutken, C. F. Et Bidrag til Kundskab om Kara-Havets Fiske. In 
Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte. Copenhagen : 
1886, 8vo. 
On Fishes from the Kara Sea, 40 pp., pis. xv-xvii. 
Steindachner, F. Fische von Jan Mayen, gesammelt von Dr. F. 
Fischer. Osterr. Polarstat. Jan Mayen, Beob.-Ergeb. iii, pp. 105-108. 
9 known species are recorded. 
