. Beautiful shells of New Zealand : an illustrated work for amateur collectors of New Zealand marine shells, with directions for collecting and cleaning them . in New Zealand insitu, and was about eighteen inches below the surface of the sandat half-tide mark. If he miss gripping the syphon he willprobably lose the shellfish; as it can burrow nearly as fast as aman can dig with his hand. A beginner cannot do better than takea small spade, and walk along a sandy beach at low water. Asthe tide begins to rise, and the buried shellfish feel the water, hewill see the sand moving, or showing signs o
. Beautiful shells of New Zealand : an illustrated work for amateur collectors of New Zealand marine shells, with directions for collecting and cleaning them . in New Zealand insitu, and was about eighteen inches below the surface of the sandat half-tide mark. If he miss gripping the syphon he willprobably lose the shellfish; as it can burrow nearly as fast as aman can dig with his hand. A beginner cannot do better than takea small spade, and walk along a sandy beach at low water. Asthe tide begins to rise, and the buried shellfish feel the water, hewill see the sand moving, or showing signs of life; and if he digsquickly enough he may unearth rare and beautiful specimens forhis cabinet. 13 Wherever animals or vegetables are crowded, disease is true of molluscs, and it is seldom worth while looking fora specimen fit for a collection where any particular kind of shell-fish lives in great numbers. Animal and vegetable parasites willbe found wherever shellfish are crowded together. For instance,a perfect cockle, or one good enough for a collection, will not befound on a cockle bank, but solitary ones must be looked for CHAPTEE III. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. Amongst the best known shells in any part of the world theNautilus takes a leading position. Named Argonauta by scientificmen, after the Argonautae, or sailors of the Argo, it has been thesubject of many legends from the earliest times. Aristotle de-scribes it as floating on the surface of the sea in fine weather, andholding out its sail-shaped arms to the breeze. This is now knownto be incorrect, as the use it makes of these arms is to help itin swimming through the water. New Zealands specimen, theArgonauta nodosa, also known as Argonauta argo, the most beauti-ful of the four known species, is depicted on Plate I. Being afloating shell, and found even hundreds of miles from land, ourNautilus is not peculiar to New Zealand. Its beautiful white,horny-looking shell can be obtained from most par
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