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THIS new work on the “Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland” is to consist of nine parts and about 200 plates. Of these the first six parts, bringing the pages to 176, and the plates to 132, have already appeared. Not only is the natural history of the marine and freshwater fishes given with very copious synonymy, but we find in addition the habits of the fish detailed, the means of their capture, the artificial breeding, the use for food, and the best methods of cooking given. The scientific merits of the book are such as we might expect from the author of “The Fishes of India,” and from one who occupied the important post of Inspector General of Fisheries in India, while there is further, in the accounts of the habits of the fish and of their means of capture, an amount of most interesting details to the general reader and sportsman. The plates are from drawings by the author, and though uncoloured are very effective. In most cases where desirable the stomach and pyloric appendages, the air bladder or the mouth with the teeth are added to the portrait of the species. When completed the work will form a handsome royal octavo volume.
The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland.
Being a Natural History of such as are known to inhabit the Seas and Fresh Waters of the British Isles, with remarks on their Economic Uses, and Various Modes of Capture. By Francis Day., &c. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1880–1883.)
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The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland . Nature 28, 611 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028611a0
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