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GENERAL NOTES AND FAUNAE.
Dr. GPNTHER puts the total number of fishes known at present
as about 9000, and states that the collection of the British
Museum contains at the present time altogether 5177 species,
represented by 29,275 examples. Fish. viii. Preface.
Belgium. " Les Poissons des C6tes de Belgique, leurs parasites
et leurs commensaux/' par P. J. VAN BENEDEN. Mem.
Ac. Belg. xxxviii. 1870, pp. 100, with 8 plates, representing
chiefly parasites and commensals. This memoir contains a list
of the marine fishes of Belgium, with notes on their occurrence
and food. The parasites and commensals are enumerated with
each species.
Germany and Switzerland. " Die Fische Deutschlands und
der Schweiz/' von J. C. WEBER. Zweite Auflage. Miinchen,
1870,16mo, pp. 61, with 67 coloured plates. This little work is
very useful to travellers in Germany and Switzerland, as it
enables them to identify with the greatest possible ease the
various kinds of fishes of those countries. Although the figures
are of small size, most of them are accurate. The text has no
scientific claim, and mentions chiefly the locality, food, and size
of the several species.
Venice. Dr. A. NINNI gives a list of 258 species of fishes
inhabiting the lagunes and bay of Venice; he adds notes on
their vernacular names, occurrence, and economic value. Ann.
Soc. Nat. Modena, v. 1870, pp. 63-88.
Mediterranean. A. CARUCCIO has given a list of 135 fishes
collected in fresh waters and on the coasts of Sardinia and Sicily.
Att. Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xii. 1870, pp. 567-586. Nothing new.
Algeria. " Liste des Poissons que Fon rencontre le plus
sou vent au marche d' Alger, ou Guide a ]a Percherie. Opuscule
destine a faire surtout connaitre les especes les meilleures pour
la table, leur appret culinaire/' &c, par le Dr. A. BOURJOT.
(Extrait du Bull. Soc. ClimatoL &'Alger.) Alger, 1870, 8vo,
pp. 132. A publication written rather for practical purposes
than for the advancement of science.
New Jersey. In " Notes on Freshwater Fishes of New Jersey'''
Dr. C. C. ABBOTT gives observations applying to the fishes of
these waters as a class, rather than to any single species. Notes
on habits of some of the more interesting kinds are added.
Amer. Nat. 1870, iv. pp. 99-117, with woodcuts.—Observations
on " Mud-loving fishes/' as Umbra lima &c, by the same author,
ibid. pp. 385-391.
Massachusetts. " The habits and migrations of some of the
marine fishes of Massachusetts/' by J. H. BLAKE, Amer. Nat.
1870, iv. pp. 513-521. These notes are on the Mackerel, Cod,
Haddock, Temnodon, Herring, and Scombresox.
Yantsekiang. Dr. BLEEKER describes or indicates several new
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