. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. 212 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY haps, because they hve in the swiftest and clearest waters in the most cliarming" forests. The sahnon hve in the ocean most of their lives, but ascend the rivers from the sea to deposit their eggs. The king salmon of the Columbia goes up the great river more than a thou- sand miles, taking the whole summer for it, and never feeding while in fresh water. Besides the different kinds of salmon the black-spotted or true trout, the charr or red-spotted trout of various species, the whitefish, the. Fig. 171.—The r;iinbi)W-trout.
. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. 212 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY haps, because they hve in the swiftest and clearest waters in the most cliarming" forests. The sahnon hve in the ocean most of their lives, but ascend the rivers from the sea to deposit their eggs. The king salmon of the Columbia goes up the great river more than a thou- sand miles, taking the whole summer for it, and never feeding while in fresh water. Besides the different kinds of salmon the black-spotted or true trout, the charr or red-spotted trout of various species, the whitefish, the. Fig. 171.—The r;iinbi)W-trout. Sabno iridcus. (From specimen.) grayling, and the famous ayu of Japan belong to this family. In the sea are multitudes of fish forms. The myriad species of eels agree in having a long, flexible, snake- like body, without ventral fins. Most of them live in the sea, but the single genus of true eels which ascends the rivers is exceedingly abundant and widely distributed. Most eels are extremely voracious, but some of them have mouths that would barely admit a pin-head. Cod- fishes are creatures of little beauty but of great useful- ness, swarming in arctic and subarctic seas. The her- ring, soft and weak in body, are more numerous in indi- viduals than any other fishes. The flounders, of many kinds, lie flat on the sea bottom. They have the head so twisted that the two eyes occur both together on the. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York, H. Holt and Company
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