. Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants . ting propensities. The PREFACE. VU Crustacean scavengers, Crabs, Lobsters, and Prawns, fromthe Hermit in his movable cell, to the Common Shrimpburrowing and skipping in the sand, present a strangevariety of facts, in their premature changes, their periodicalexuviations, and their manner of feeding and living. Mol-lusca and Fishes have not yet been studied as they will be:but a few notices of tliem are presented; such as those ofthe habits of the Nest-building Stickleback, and the Peri-winkle with his rasping tongu
. Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants . ting propensities. The PREFACE. VU Crustacean scavengers, Crabs, Lobsters, and Prawns, fromthe Hermit in his movable cell, to the Common Shrimpburrowing and skipping in the sand, present a strangevariety of facts, in their premature changes, their periodicalexuviations, and their manner of feeding and living. Mol-lusca and Fishes have not yet been studied as they will be:but a few notices of tliem are presented; such as those ofthe habits of the Nest-building Stickleback, and the Peri-winkle with his rasping tongue. The fresh-water department will afford many pleasingalthough familiar details, in the metamorphoses, exuvia-tions, and general habits of Frogs, Newts, Water Beetles,and Water Tortoises; with the wonderfully divisible GreenHydra, and the Water Spider with his beautiful air-bell. The Writer can only hope that enough of pleasant matterwill be found to induce his readers to excuse the errors andomissions of which he is but too conscious. PemhroTce Square, Kensington,May, IX CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE Nature of an Aquarium.—Experiments and adoption of Plan.—TheVessel.—Shape and Material.—Fittings and Furnishing.—Aspectand Admission of Light.—The Water.—Plants.—Animals.—Transport of Specimens.—Care of the Aquarium 1 CHAPTER II. SPONGES AND HYDKOID ZOOPHYTES. Nature and Habits of Sponges.—Propagation.—Appearance when living.—Grantia botryoides.—Grantia ciliata.—Euplectella aspergillum.—Zoophytes defined.—Classification.—Hydroid Zoophytes.—Hy-dractinea echinata.—Coryne pusilla.—Coryne sessilis.—Euden-drium rameum.—Tubularia indivisa.— Sertularia polygonalis.—Sertularia argentea.—xtennularia antennina.—Plumularia pin-nata.—Laomedea dichotoma.—Laomedea geniculata.—Laomedeagelatinosa.—Campanularia volubilis.—Eucretia chelata.—Anguinaspatulata.—Cellularia ciliata 23 CHAPTER III. Sea-Feathers, Sea-Pens, and Sea-
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