GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Pisces 17 
II. GENERAL SUBJECT. 
E. Lonnberg, in fascicles 2 & 3 of his Fish-work in Bronn’s Thierreich, 
concludes the introduction and deals with the structure of the Leptocardii. 
A. Gunther deals with the progress in our knowledge of Fishes during 
the past twenty years. Encyclopaedia Britannica xxix, pp. 394-400, 
figg- 
D. S. Jordan, Science (2) xvi, p. 241, gives an outline of the history of 
Ichthyology. 
The chapters on Fishes in Living Animals of the World ii, are supplied 
by F. G. Aflalo, J. Bickerdyke, Sir H. Maxwell, and W. P. Pycraft. 
G. B. Howes, Nature lxvi, pp. 525 & 526, comments on recent progress 
in the morphology, and proposes some new terms for the various fins 
of Fishes. 
J. G. Kerr remarks on the origin of the paired limbs of Vertebrates. 
Rep. Brit. Ass. 1901, pp. 693-695. 
B. Dean, Amer. Natural, xxxvi, pp. 767-776, 837-847, figg., reviews 
the evidence as to the origin of paired fins. 
0. Jaekel, Verh. v. lnt. Zool. Congr. pp. 610-612, figg., remarks on the 
shoulder-girdle of Fishes. 
V. Faussek, Arch. mikr. Anat. lx, pp. 157-174, pi. ix, has a contri¬ 
bution to the histology of the gills. 
E. H. Catois, Bull. Sci. France Belgique xxxvi, pp. 1-166, pis. i-x, has 
a memoir on the histology of the encephalon in Fishes. 
W. H. Menmuir, Tr. Edinb. Field Soc. iv, pp. 272-277, compares 
the teeth of Fishes with those of other Vertebrates. 
E. H. Green & R. W. Tower, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, xxi, pp. 97-102, 
write on the organic constituents of the scales of Fishes. 
On the embryology, cf. Ziegler, Lehrb. d. vergl. Entwickel. d. nieder. 
Wirbelth., Jena, 1902, 8vo. 
A. Buhler, Morphol. Jahrb. xxx, pp. 377-452, figg., pis. vi & vii, has a 
paper on the resorption of the egg-follicle in Fishes. 
R. W. Tower, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, xxi, pp. 125-130, writes on the 
gas in the swim-bladder of Fishes. 
D. S. Jordan, Amer. Natural, xxxvi, pp. 803-808, writes on the colours 
of Fishes. 
G. Fritsch, Verh. v. Int. Zool. Congr. pp. 643-647, remarks on the 
colours and markings of electric Fishes. 
A. Conte & C. Vaney, C.R. Soc. Biol, liv, pp. 47 & 48 make some 
remarks on marine species adapting themselves to fresh water. 
N. Bjelooussov, Trudui Kharkov Univ. xxxv, 1901, pp. 1-38, has 
a paper in Russian on the respiratory movements of Fishes. 
E. Rodier, Trav. Stat. Zool. Arcaclion 1900-1901, pp. 129-132, writes 
on the coagulation of the blood in Fishes. Also Bottazzi, Arch. ital. Biol, 
xxxvii, pp. 60-63. 
A. Brauer, Zool. Anz. xxv, pp. 277-298, gives diagnoses of new deep- 
sea fishes from the Valdivia Expedition. 
III. FAUNAE. 
Arctic Seas. 
Remarks on the Fish-fauna : Jensen, Vid. Medd. f. 1901, pp. 191-215. 
Europe. 
Norway. R. Collett, Forh. Selsk. Christian. 1902, No 1, brings out 
the first part of a third supplement to his work “ Norges Fiske.” 
