. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. amongst which they dwell as to pass un- noticed by their enemies. Unlike the 1 ube- mouths, just described, the care of the et^g'i and young devolves upon the males. The )'oung are borne in a pouch, but, ventral fins being" wanting, this is formed b)' a fold of skin developed from each side of the trunk and tail, the free margins being united in the middle line. Here the eggs remain till they are hatched. But the pouch is by no means done with after this event, for the young conti
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. amongst which they dwell as to pass un- noticed by their enemies. Unlike the 1 ube- mouths, just described, the care of the et^g'i and young devolves upon the males. The )'oung are borne in a pouch, but, ventral fins being" wanting, this is formed b)' a fold of skin developed from each side of the trunk and tail, the free margins being united in the middle line. Here the eggs remain till they are hatched. But the pouch is by no means done with after this event, for the young continue to occup}' it for some time, returning when danger threatens â a habit which recalls the custom of the young of the kangaroo. Mr. Yarrell relates a curious fact which he gleaned from some fishermen â to wit, that if they take a pipe-fish, open the pouch, and drop the young into the sea, they will not disperse, but liover around the spot, as if waiting for their parent. Then, if the newl}- opened fish be held in the water, the young immediately return and enter the pouch. In another species (jf pipe-fish the eggs, instead of being carried in a pouch, are held by a stick)' secretion to a groove in the under surface of the parent. This groove would seem to indicate tlie beginning from which the complete pouch has been developed. The pipe-fishes swim in a very peculiar manner, holding the body now in a vertical, and now in a horizontal position, accompanied b}' contortions of every conceivable kind, polling their long snouts into bunches of seaweed in search of food as they go. Phil, h, A. S. Rudldnd (V Son< BLACK-SPOTTED GLOBE-FISH G!ohc-fiih^-i poisea the po-zver of itifiating the body luith aii^ they float at the surface, and tliui escape etiemtes he,.. Phtio ky N. Laxi-rrkll TRIGGER-FISH j4 â well-knoZL-T! member of the Fi/e-flshes [^â «H' Tori. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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