. Studies in animal life . Zoology; Nature study. STUDIES IN ANIMAL LIFE. 53 ceive several small leeches, and flat oval Plana- rice, wHte and brown; and here also is a jelly- like mass, of pale yellow color, which we know to be a mass of eggs deposited by some shell- fish; and, as there are few objects of greater inter- est than an egg in course of development, we pop the mass in. Here (Fig. 14) are two moUusks, Lim-. Fig. 14—A, Iiiin(.EUs Stasnalis, or Water-snail. B, Planoebis. nceus and Planorhis, one of which is probably the parent of those eggs. And here is one which lays no eggs, but bri

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. Studies in animal life . Zoology; Nature study. STUDIES IN ANIMAL LIFE. 53 ceive several small leeches, and flat oval Plana- rice, wHte and brown; and here also is a jelly- like mass, of pale yellow color, which we know to be a mass of eggs deposited by some shell- fish; and, as there are few objects of greater inter- est than an egg in course of development, we pop the mass in. Here (Fig. 14) are two moUusks, Lim-. Fig. 14—A, Iiiin(.EUs Stasnalis, or Water-snail. B, Planoebis. nceus and Planorhis, one of which is probably the parent of those eggs. And here is one which lays no eggs, but brings forth its young alive: it is the Paludina vivipara (Fig. 15), of which we learned some interest- ing details last month. — 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 Lewes, George Henry, 1817-1878. New York : Harper

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