. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. arkable skeleton shrimp that successfully imitates the jointed lime-coated corallines. Where the sands are of fine grainthey may be explored with spade or suitable localities the digger may berewarded by specimens of the maskedcrab, the round crab, or the singularheart-urchin, which Cornish fishermen call Pussy, its stone-box being covered witha thick close coat of depressed silkybristles in lieu of the stiff upright spinesof the other species. All this diggingwork must be carried out in the sands asnear low-water
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. arkable skeleton shrimp that successfully imitates the jointed lime-coated corallines. Where the sands are of fine grainthey may be explored with spade or suitable localities the digger may berewarded by specimens of the maskedcrab, the round crab, or the singularheart-urchin, which Cornish fishermen call Pussy, its stone-box being covered witha thick close coat of depressed silkybristles in lieu of the stiff upright spinesof the other species. All this diggingwork must be carried out in the sands asnear low-water mark as possible. Therewill be found the razor-shell and manyother bivalves, including the handsomespiny cockles, and on the surface washedup by gales from deeper water the fineSmooth Venus. Above the tide-marks on the sandy shore there are interesting land snails, especially under the leaves of such plants as sea holly and burdock. While for the BEiTXLE-STAB. botanist, of com-se, both cliff and sand- SMOOTH VENUS are washed up by gales from deep The Naturalist at the Seaside 65 dune above high-water will be found productive. In such situations beetles are alsoplentiful, and numerous birds select these resorts for nesting, though spring-time must bethe season for our visit if our special interest is in the birds. But we have probablysaid enough to indicate that every part of the shore, if not covered by crowds of idleloungers, is worth close examination, and is sure to reward the careful observer with specimens innumerable, whose number and variety will be in exact proportion to the
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