CONTENTS. 
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Introduction 239 
Review of literature - 241 
Terminal buds and their innervation 247 
Functions of terminal buds 250 
Experiments on siluroid fishes 250 
Experiments on gadoid fishes 257 
The hake, Urophycis tenuis 258 
The tomcod, Microgadus lomcod _ 262 
Other fishes . 264 
The sea-robin, Prionolus carolinus - 264 
The king-fish , Menticirrhus saxatilis 265 
The toad-fish. Opsanus tan 265 
Conclusion 266 
Addendum 270 
Literature cited . - 272 
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