. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Fish Study i6i. "I'm only wishiiig to go a ; THE SHINER Teacher's Story "This is a noteworthy and characteristic lineatnent, or cipher, or hieroglyphic, or type of spring. You look into some clear, sandy bottomed brook where it spreads into a deeper bay, yet fioiving cold from ice and snow not far off, and see indistinctly poised over the sand on invisible fins, the outlines of the shiner, scarcely to he distinguished from the sands behind it as if it were trans
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Fish Study i6i. "I'm only wishiiig to go a ; THE SHINER Teacher's Story "This is a noteworthy and characteristic lineatnent, or cipher, or hieroglyphic, or type of spring. You look into some clear, sandy bottomed brook where it spreads into a deeper bay, yet fioiving cold from ice and snow not far off, and see indistinctly poised over the sand on invisible fins, the outlines of the shiner, scarcely to he distinguished from the sands behind it as if it were ;—Thoreau. HERE are many species of shiners and it is by no means easy to recognize them nor to distinguish them from chub, dace and minnows since all these belong to one family; they all have the same arrangement of fins and live in the same water; and the plan of this lesson can with few changes be applied to any of them. Never were seen more exquisite colors than shimmer along the sides of the common shiner {Notropis cor- nutus). It is pale olive-green above, just a sunny brook-color; this is bordered at the sides by a line of iridescent blue-purple, while the shining silver scales on the sides below, flash and glimmer with the changing hues of the rainbow. The minnows are darker than the shiners; the homed dace develops little tubercles on the head during the breeding season, which are lost later. The body of the shiner is ideal for slipping through the water. Seen from above it is a narrow wedge, rounded in front and tapering to a point behind; from the side, it is long, oval, lance-shaped. The scales are large. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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