GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Pisces 17 
II. — GENERAL SUBJECT. 
G. A. Boulenger, in the first volume of the second edition of the 
British Museum Catalogue of fishes (London : 1895), monographs the 
families Centrarchidce , Percklce , and part of the Serranidcc. 
On the evolution of the vertebral column of fishes ; H. Gadow & 
E. C. Abbott,- Phil. Trans, clxxxvi, 1895, pp. 1 63-221, figg., and abstract, 
P. R. Soc. London, lvi, 1894, pp. 296-299. 
On the suspension of the jaws in fishes ; H. B. Pollard, Anat. Anz. 
x, 1894, pp. 17-25, figg. 
On the skeleton of the fins of Crossopterygians, and on the Archiptery- 
gium of Fishes ; Gegenbaur, Morphol. Jahrb. xxii, 1894, pp. 119-160, 
figg- 
On the vascular systeni of the gills of fishes ; Bi^trix, C.R. Soc. 
Philom. 1895, No. 8, pp. 26 & 27, and No. 9, p. 30. 
W; E. Collinge, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xxxvi, 1894, pp. 499-537, 
pis. xxxix & xl, investigates the sensory canal system of fishes, dealing 
specially with Acipenser and Polyodon. Abstract in Rep. Brit. Ass. 
1893, p. 811 (1894). 
R. Burckiiardt, Anat. Anz. ix, 1894, pp. 468 & 469, and H. Rabl- 
Ruckhard, t. c. pp. 536-547, figg-, and op. cit. x, p. 240, remark on 
Studnicka’s communication on the brain of fishes. Reply by Studnicka, 
op. cit. ix. pp. 691-693, and op. cit. x, 1894, pp. 130-137. Rejoinder by 
Burckhardt, t. c. pp. 207 & 208. 
O. S. Strong, J. Morphol. x, 1895, pp. 101-230, pis. vii-xii, compares 
the cranial nerves of Batrachians with those of fishes. 
On the morphology of the parietal organs in fishes ; Studnicka, SB. 
Bohmisch. Ges. 1893, No. 50, 12 pp., pi. xix (1894). 
On the development and probable function of the Thymus in fishes ; 
J. Beard, Anat. Anz. ix, 1894, pp. 476-486. 
On the pression of the blood in the heart of fishes ; Bi^trix, C.R. 
Soc. Philom. 1894, No. 5, pp. 16 & 17. 
On the development of the teeth in fishes ; C. Rose, Anat. Anz. ix, 
1894, pp. 653-662, figg. 
On the development of bone and scales in fishes ; H. Klaatsch, 
Morphol. Jahrb. xxi, 1894, pp. 153-240, figg., pis. v-ix. 
On the elements of the trunk-musculature in fishes; Maurer, t. c. 
pp. 473-570, pis. xiii-xv. 
On the formation of the germinal layers, and the origin of the chorda 
and mesoderm ; B. Lwoff, Bull. Soc. MoScou, 1894, pp. 56-137 & 160- 
256, 6 pis. 
Eyclesiiymer, J. Morphol. x, 1895, pp. 384-386, remarks on the 
mesoblast in fishes. 
Contributions to the life-histories and development of Scottish fishes; 
McIntosh, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, x, 1892, pp. 273-322, pis. xiv- 
xvii, and xi, 1893, pp. 221-238, pis. viii-xii ; Masterman, op.cit.x i, 1893, 
pp. 253-264. 
