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[July ii, 1908. 
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Recent Publications. 
“Fishes,” by David Starr Jordan. Cloth, 789 
pages, with 18 colored plates and 673 illus¬ 
trations. New York, Henry Holt & Co. 
This book, which comprises a part of Group 
I. of the American Nature Series, contains vir¬ 
tually all the non-technical material found in 
Dr. Jordan’s “Guide to the Study of the Fishes” 
(two volumes, published in 1905 by Henry Holt 
& Co.), but is shorn of much of the technical 
material, as it is intended for the use of nature 
lovers and anglers. 
The volume begins with The Life of the Fish; 
then the doctor describes in a very simple but 
highly interesting way its exterior, the organs 
brought to light by dissection and their func¬ 
tions. Then follow chapters on instinct, habits 
and adaptations, colors, geographical distribu¬ 
tion, barriers to dispersion of river fishes, fishes 
as food for man, etc. He then goes into details, 
taking up separately the different fishes and treat¬ 
ing exhaustively all that is now known of each 
one. In all there are forty-six chapters. 
Concerning hearing in fishes Dr. Jordan says, 
in referring to the long-eared sunfish: “We are 
sure that the ear flap is not an ear. No fishes 
have any external ear, all their hearing apparatus 
being buried in the skull. They cannot hear 
Page of William Clark’s handwriting with sketch of the Eulachon (Thaleiclithys pacificus), the first 
notice of the species. Columbia River, 1808. (Expedition of Eewis and Claik.) (Reproduced from the 
original in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Julia Clark Voorhis, through the courtesy of Messrs. 
Dodd, Mead & Co., publishers of the “Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”) 
From Dr. Jordan’s “Fishes.” 
very much; possibly a great jar or splash in the 
water may reach them, but whenever they hear 
any noise they swim off to a hiding place, for 
any disturbance whatever in the water must 
arouse a fish’s anxiety.” 
* Concerning the salmon Dr. Jordan mentions 
the fact that “In the Yukon a few [quinnat and 
1 lue back] ascend to Caribou Crossing and Lake 
Bennett, 2,250 miles, * * * and as soon as the 
spawning act is accomplished, and sometimes be¬ 
fore, all of them die. * * * When the salmon 
enter the river they refuse to take bait, and 
their stomachs are always found empty and con¬ 
tracted. In the rivers they do not feed; and 
when they reach the spawning grounds their 
stomachs, pyloric coeca and all, are said to be 
no larger than one’s finger. They will some¬ 
times take the fly, or a hook baited with salmon 
roe, in the clear waters of the upper tributaries, 
but this is apparently solely out of annoyance, 
snapping at the meddling line.” 
Every angler should have a copy of this ex¬ 
cellent and comprehensive work in his library. 
“Motor Days in England,” by John M. Dillon. 
Illustrated with a map and 64 illustrations. 
Cloth, 283 pages, $3 net. New York, G. P. 
Putnam’s Sons. 
Handsomely illustrated and with an attractive 
cover, this is a volume of travel; an account of 
the impressions and experiences of a party who 
journeyed through England. It is descriptive of 
the country, the places of historical interest, the 
homes of famous people, and other matters that 
make the story interesting. 
Adirondack Notes. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Considerable activity in the pursuit of game 
law violators has resulted in more fines than 
usual. Several cases are reported where fines 
have been imposed for taking trout under legal 
size, and last week a wealthy city man is said 
to have parted with a large sum as a result of 
illegal deer killing last fall. 
Opinions vary as to the number and condition 
of deer in the woods. But most candid and well 
informed persons agree that both hunting and 
fishing will be better after present lumbering 
operations are over. Last fall the State bought 
several thousand acres subject to lumber con¬ 
tracts then in force. They will continue a year 
or two longer, and then conditions in those sec¬ 
tions will be different and it is hoped much im¬ 
proved. This is not intended as a criticism on 
lumbermen—many of whom are good fellows, 
whose life is hard at best—but as a simple state¬ 
ment of fact and to emphasize the importance 
of protecting our forests from the lumber in¬ 
dustry. The condition of the mountain streams 
serves renewedly to point the moral. The Em¬ 
pire State should follow up more rapidly the 
work of forest purchase and preservation well 
begun, and the nation must act in that line or 
suffer irretrievable loss. “Keep the pot boiling” 
until Congress cannot resist the crystallization of 
public opinion. Juvenal. 
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