. The animal life of our seashore. With special reference to the New Jersey coast and the southern shore of Long Island. Marine animals. 104 OUR CARCINOLOGICAL FRIENDS. touched we shall declare . . when it is perfectly formed the shell gapcth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill: in short space after it commeth to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gather- eth feathers, and gro
. The animal life of our seashore. With special reference to the New Jersey coast and the southern shore of Long Island. Marine animals. 104 OUR CARCINOLOGICAL FRIENDS. touched we shall declare . . when it is perfectly formed the shell gapcth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill: in short space after it commeth to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gather- eth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a Mallard, and lesser than a Goose. . ." The goose barnacles are common objects about the shore, being thrown up in bunches along with the foreign bodies to which they are generally found attached. They locate themselves on piles, below the water-line, to the bottoms of ships, to drift-wood, sea-weed, float- ing fruit, and, indeed, to almost any object that comes in their way. The peduncle or stalk upon which GOOSE BAENACLE. ^^^ encascd body of the animal is supported has its origin in one of the pairs of larval feelers or antennae, which through modification and additional deposition of matter undergo such transformation as to permit of the new function to which they are now applied. The shell, or ' capitulum,' consists of five pieces, four lateral and one marginal (the keel or carina). On the margin opposite to the keel it is open, permit- ting of the extrusion of the six pairs of (double) long, feathery feet, whose continuous motion cre- ates currents in the direction of the shell, which. 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 Heilprin, Angelo, 1853-1907. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company
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