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Snakes and Other Reptiles

New

Varieties Aquatic Plants Choice and Rare Specimens Snakes and Reptiles Tropical Fishes

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Hlassonia evergladei, $1.75 per pair.

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American

FisKes

(Haemulon

Grunt

W. 5HUFELDT, M.

D., C.

M.

Z. S.

The Yellow Grunt

Grunters are contained

sciurus)

Haemulon sciurus

in the

family

and some seven or eight species of them occur in our South AtThe form here to be notlantic waters. ed is also known by the names Ronco Its generic Amarillo and Boar Grunt. name is derived from two Greek words signifying "bloody gums," which refers to the bright red color of the mouthparts, while its specific name, sciurus, Hacjiuilidae,

detailed description of

This grunt,

in life,

them

is

obviated.

has been described

by Doctor Jordan as being "deep brassy yellow, scarcely paler below or darker

above; head and body with about 12 conspicuous,

slightly

wavy,

longitudinal

on the snout. each with a very narrow edge of dusky olive, these stripes on the head curving stripes of sky-blue, deepest

upward below

the eye, the

first stripe

be-

has reference to the grunting noise the

low the eye forking near the posterior

makes upon being captured, which

margin of preopercle, and inclosing an oblong area of the ground color iris gilt, a dark spot under the angle of preopspinous dorsal edged and shaded ercle

fish

sounds not a

little

like the

grunting of

a gray squirrel.

This species occurs in the South Atlantic,

My

from the Florida Keys

cut of the fish

is

to Brazil.

reproduced from a

photograph direct from a specimen, and it

shows the external parts so well that

a

;

;

with yellowish, bluish

;

its

membrane

soft dorsal yellowish

:

mostly

caudal yel-

lowish, broadly dusky at base, the degree of this duskiness being variable

;

mouth

jaquatic i((f

98 deep orange within ish

;

fins

pectorals pale yel-

;

and ventrals deeper yellowthe young have more yellow on the and less on the body, with traces of

lowish

;

anals

caught

many

harbor of

in the

I

have

Key West,

Flor-

of which

Bahamas, run about

ida, as well as in the

maintain

to

normal

its

may have been due

This

to a

disturbance in the organ of equilibrium

which

is

have been injured injury to the the

with the sense or-

associated

gans of the lateral

a dark caudal spot."

YelloAV grunts,

seemed unable position.

struggle

line,

and which may an

in operating, or to

swimming bladder during in

preparing the

fish

for

ten or eleven inches in length, and are

operation.

hook and line, baiting with conch. Specimens up to i8 or 20 inches have been caught, and the one here figured came from the New York Aquarium.

the tissue by the State Biologist, Dr. D.

readily taken Avith

Tumor

in a

HAROLD

L.

D.

About one year ago an adult brook trout

2Y\

(

Salvelinus

which had

pounds,

weighing

fontinalis),

Marine Park Aquarium

been

the

Boston for on the tumor a three years, developed left side in the

region of the lateral line

two inches posterior steadily

was

to the opercle.

It

size and the fish removed from the exhibition While the growth seemed in no

increased in

finally

tank.

way

at

to inconvenience the trout,

its

ap-

pearance as an exhibition specimen was ruined, and

it

was decided

to operate in

determining the nature of

the hope of

With the assistance of the Aquarium Director, Mr. W. H. Chute, the fish was taken from the tank and held fast to a board by burlap drawn the disease.

body and tacked down A window was then aljove and Ijelow.

tightly across

its

cut in the burlap over the tumor.

I'he

board was held so that the fish's head was under water. The growth was smooth, soft and fluctuating, about the size

of an

section

it

directly

I^iglish

under the

straw-colored

The dicfl

at

walnut.

was found

fish tlie

tri

l)e

Upon

dis-

a hydrocyle

skin, lillcd witli a thin

fluid.

end

of

to the tank-, Itul

twelve

lifnirs.

It

probably

It

Aquarium Society

The monthly meeting of the British Aquarium Society took place on Friday, September

10, at 7.30 P.

when

M., at

4,

Fetter-

was taken by the There president, Mr. W. T. Webster.

Avas a large attendance, which was very the chair

remarkable, considering so

members

are

many

on holiday bent.

of the

There

were many specimens of aquatic life, Mr. Webster both plant and animal. showed two very fine specimens from his famous collections of axolotl which exMr. Lawson, cited great admiration. the secretary, had a fine plant of Potomcrgeton natans. Mr. Horn, the curator of Bethnel Green Museum, also brought plants which were undoubtedly grown under favorable circumstances, and many other members had exhibits namely, the cyclops, etc. The great feature of the evening was a lecture by the chairman on the Mollusca, dealing prin-

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corneus its with Planorhis breeding and general habits, which was

cipally

and instructive, and After the lecture there was a very animated discussion on a point that the chairman could not decide from observation, namely, has the P. f aniens tlie ])ower to make good any mismost interesting

much

a])])reciated.

fortune that

was returned

of an infec-

originated as the result of an injury.

lane,

in

showed nothing

L. Belding,

tious or malignant nature.

British

Brook Trout

BABCOCK, M.

Microscopic examination of

may happen

to

the

shell?

Tlie meeting closed with a hearty vote

of llianks to

tlie ])0])ular

chairman.

CKanna WILLIAM

Channa

fasciata

INNES

T.

Photo, by Author

fasciata

A

single adult pair and a few young Channa fasciata were recently imported from Southern Asia. During the early part of the late summer, my friend I^ocke, of San Francisco, made a pil-

accessory superbranchial cavity, and are

grimage

genera making up the family, the snake-

of

of

to the

rare

Eastern States in search bringing

tropicals,

breeding pair.

He

me

to

the

thought them a new

"snakehead" (Ophiocephahts) this opinion having been ventured by a prominent ichthyologist of California. species of

The

fish has,

however, been since deter-

early writer,

is

complete and convincing.

The snakeheads

are provided with an

able to breathe atmospheric air.

inhabitants of fresh water.

Of

All are the

two

heads proper are most numerous, about twenty-five

species

being

known from

Asia and three from Africa.

which

is

Channa,

distinguished by the absence of

ventrals fins, boasts of but three species

from Ceylon and

China.

The

group

mined unquestionably as Channa fasciata

by Mr. Henry W. Fowler, of the Acad-

seems to be more closely related to the climbing perches (Anabantidae) than *^o

emy

the

phia.

of

Natural

The

Sciences

original

of

Philadel-

description,

by an

more

familiar labyrinth fishes of the

family Osphromenidae,

many

of wh'ch

^aquatic

100

and

bred

have been

by

studied

the

adult fish are about six inches in

The back

length.

is

a dark bottle green,

broad points on the sides, these being outlined clearly by conspicuous silver dots, which are also otherwise distributed over the head, abdomen and fins. ending

in

The body

long and flexible but not

is

eel-like.

I

have not been able to observe the deof eggs, but three times have

position

discovered them floating free at the surface of the water.

It

would seem

that

they are deposited during the night. The eggs are larger than those of the gold-

but are more difficult to see on account of their transparency. Each batch was made noticeable by the milky, inferfish,

tile

pear as minute, helpless, black tadpoles

two weeks then placand they were given Daphnia, which has eggs, ed on a diet of scrambled for several days.

Ijeen the principal

For the

first

food of

reptiles this year.

all

my

Ijelicve

and not

at this size.

For food

I

While rearing the young many disa])was led U> sus]X'ct cannilialjjeared, and \

later

late

found ihcir dried remains

first

was

it

pho-

first

Heede

for mention in the

number came

news

the sad

August

that our old

friend and contributor. Christian Julius

Heede, of Brooklyn, had passed away after a long and useful

was

Mr. Heede

life.

known through

Avell

frequent

his

contributions to aquarian literature, having had

many papers

Aqiiariiim

published in The

The

Magazine,

Bulletin and in Aquatic Life.

biology began

Aquarium His

inter-

many

years ago, perhaps almost half a century, Avhile still in Denmark, the land of his birth, and his studies were pursued with added vigor

naturalist

Tlieir nujutlis are cajjacious anrl they like

I

Too

J.

of

large chunks.

Init

Christian

He combined

a flavoring of animal matter.

the

Ed.

States.

try earth-

's

ently not been figured since

described.

when he became

I These they took greedily. soon discovered they would relish any animal food or ])repared foods in which

ism,

This

Fishes."

tograph of the species, which has appar-

was advised

worms.

was

of his "Goldfish Varieties and 'J'ropical

Aquarium

quite an un-

first

goldfish

by Mr. Innes for the forthcoming edition

I

decided to

young

raised

was

for the adults

dertaking, so

lot

I

appears on the preceding page, was taken

three

they can be matured

to use live fish, but this

With one

aft'orded the opportunity.

if

which were not molested. The adults pay no attention to eggs and fry.

(The photograph of Channa fascia fa, showing an adult and a youngster, which

est in

If kept in small aquaria I

months

about

had attained a length of fed heavily

fishes

The young grew

rapidly and at the end of four

tliere

floor,

smaller fish

about

takes

Incubation

four days at temperatures from 80 to 85 degrees, Fahrenheit. The larvae ap-

inches.

which was tangible proof had been leaping out of the shallow tray. While I do not consider them at all quarrelsome or vicious, I do not doubt they would swallow a much

high-

ones, which averaged rather

fifty per cent.

and

on the

that they

aquarist.

My

mtt

the

fancier,

and

coupled

with

his

a resident of the United

the characteristics

with

those

an

knowledge of the

extensive

first-hand

literature of the sub-

ject in several languages, placed

the front rank

the

of

original research work-

among

aquarists.

him

He

in

will

be remembered as a lovable and generous

man, ever ready to share his great store and fishes and i)lants

of knowledge

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with his friends.

Notes on HjJbrid SunfisKes CARL Museum

L.

of Zoology,

HUBBS

University of Michigan

I

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The

hybridization of fishes in nature

rare

quency, indeed the very existence, of hy-

Trout variously intermeand similar to hybrids produced in the hatcheries, have been taken in the streams of both Europe and America. Poeciliod fishes have been obtained in Central America, which resemble hybrids readily produced in aquaria between the genera Platypoecilus and Xiphophonis.

To mention but one other case, sunfishes intermediate between the warmouth bass (Chaenobryttus gulosiis) and several species of Lepomis, occurring in the Potomac basin, have lately been interpreted

bridization in nature between fish species.

as hybrids

David Starr Jordan has stated that although thousands of American salmon and trout had passed under his examinat'on, he has never yet seen an individual

Atee and Weed).

is

a subject of interest to aquarists, as

well as to systematic ichthyologists and geneticists.

It

has even been suggested plays a part in that

that hybridization

complex process known as "the origin of species,"

much

but there has been too

suggesting, and too

such discussions.

little

actual study, in

knowledge

Definite

is

yet too meager, in the case of fishes at to

least,

permit of a discussion of the

general aspects of natural hybridization.

we should

First,

which he had the gard as a "hybrid

determine

the

fre-

locally.

diate between supposed species,

(by

Among

the

Radcliffe

hundreds

and by Mcof

sunfishes

(Centrarchidae) readily referrible to the ten very distinct

and abundant species

slightest reason to re-

of the region, which the writer has col-

:"

lected in waters tributar}^ to

"It

is

certainly

il-

specimen

logical to conclude that every

which does not correspond to our formed definition of its species

closet-

must

Lake

]\Iichi-

gan and Lake Erie, there were obtained nine individuals which cannot be referred to an}^

known

species.

Six of these

therefore be a 'hybrid' with some other.

were seized

no evidence worth mentioning", known to me, of extensive hybridization in a state of nature in any group of

Park, in the city of Chicago, in which

There

is

fishes.

This matter

is

critical

Jackson

must

the present writer has observed in the

in

value of these remarks,

need of

it

In Europe, a number of hy-

between distinct species, and in some cases between distinct genera, of the carp family (Cyprinidae). have not brids

only

lagoon of

wisdom and

be observed that they require some modification.

the

body of water the following species of genus Lepomis). in addition to the warmouth bass (Chaenobryttus giilosus), occur and breed (as

much

further study." Granting the

in

been recorded but also

typical sunfishes (the

number

of Aquatic Life for July, 1919)

;

the blue-gill {L. incisor), the most abun-

dant species

;

the pumpkin-seed (L. gib-

bosus), abundant, but less so than the blue-gill,

and the blue-green sunfish (L.

described

cyanellus)

and studied, and occasionallv found not

abundant.

,

not rare, but probably never

aquatic Hits

102

Five of the six of these strange sun-

two of the other resident species, the (Lepomis cyanellus) and the pumpkin-seed {Lepomis gib-

fishes possessed characteristics either of the warmouth or of the blue-gill, or in-

blue-green sunfish

termediate between those of these two very distinct species. Detailed compar-

bosiis)

isons follow

scribed above,

In all five specimens the jaws were shorter than in the warmouth, yet longer

between those of the supposed parentspecies, and also intermediate in obli-

than in the blue-gill; the lower jaw projected, as in the warmouth, but the teeth

quity

on the tongue, as in the

were

blue-gill,

or

The black opercular "ear," was not as stiff and bony as in the warmouth, yet possessed more or less flap,

lacking.

definitely the bluish

and reddish margin

characteristic of that species.

In

all,

the

The mouth,

;

as in the other hybrids de-

was intermediate

jaw projected as

the lower

blue-green

but

sunfish,

lacked the supplementary bone developed that species

in

cyanellus, but the cheeks

colored as in

were mottled with olive-green and bright bue as in gibbosits; the gill-rakers and the pharyngeal bone and its teeth, were

The body was

beautifully

developed in the warmouth. The of the head was marked, margin lower

green and bright blue. The dorsal

faintly,

or

broad blue band

The

gill.

the

of

colors

greatly, both

with

definitely,

the

diagnostic of the bue-

varied

body

between individuals and (observed

in

in

an

same individual aquarium) in all the rich colors of the warmouth were variously developed, but the dark vertical bars in most of the

the

;

like those of the

specimens were more the lower sides in proper

blue-gill

lights,

marked with

vertical mottlings of olive-

intermediate

color,

in

was

fin

examples of the

Should ited

this

bordered

with

blue-green

sunfishes.

apparent hybrid have inher-

the docile habits of the blue-green

sunfish rather than the fighting spirit of the

would have been an aquarium fish.

pumpkin-seed,

attractive as

The

it

hybrid

supposedly

other

three

more

or

less

distinctly

the

sunfishes

collected

on the soft dorsal fin of the blue-gill, was replaced by a variable number of spots, usually fewer, however, than in

case in

the warmouth.

some was

The

entirely

iris

of the eye in

brown, as

in the blue-

but in others was marked with red These five sunthe warmouth.

in

appeared to be

hybrids

Ijetween

Chacnobrytlits cjnlosus and Lcpomis

in-

The

sixth unidentifiable sunfish seined

the

Chicago park lagoon mentioned

above, similarly combined characters of

by the writer were

summer

River of Southern ent parent-species

Huron

in the

Michigan, in each

company with both

—the

of the appar-

blue-gill

{Lepo-

mis incisor) and the pumpkin-seed {Le-

Each of the three difpomis gibbosus) fered more notably from each of the other two than would be expected if they .

represented a

distinct

In

species.

all

characters each was either intermediate 1)el\veen, or like either

the ])arcnt-s])ecies.

cisor.

in

pelvic

orange-vermillion, as in brightly colored

seined singly last

fishes

was

fin

the

;

showed

as

but

(ventral) fins were margined with white,

and the anal

silvery-purple sheen of the blue-gill. The single large dark blotch always present

gill,

was

the opercular spot

;

intermediate.

either

in the

maxillary

the

cheeks were marked with dark mottlings, absent in the blue-gill, but even more distinctly

size

in

regular

more,

this

may

one or the other of

How

resemblance Ijc

varied and

was,

ir-

further-

seen from the following

detailed comparison (in

which the

speci-

iaquatic tite

mens are

for brevity termed A,

B

and

C).

In

all

three specimens the pharyngeal

than in incisor, and

many

of the pharyn-

geal teeth were molars rather than ca-

bone nor the teeth

nines, yet neither the

bears were nearly as havy as in gib-

The

bostis.

wise

were

like-

structure

and

gill-rakers in all

intermediate.

The

coloiation of the opercular flap in speci-

men

breeding habits and the breeding areas Furthermore, the writer has observed a male pumpkin-seed (L. actually overlap.

bones (which form an accessory jaw in the throat behind the gills), were wider

it

103

A

was intermediate, but more

that of incisor; in

B

like

also intermediate,

yet not so unlike that of gibbosits; in C,

indistinguishable

from

that of gibbosits.

In none of the specimens was the blue

margin of the gill-covers (a character of incisor)

distinctly

developed

;

the

blue

and a female blue-gill (L. inengaged in their characteristic

gibbosits) cisor)

gyrating

spawning movements, over a very edge of the Jackson

nest at the

Park lagoon

in

Chicago.

Significantly,

also, the largest

specimen (here called C) of the presumed hybrids between these

two species secured in Michigan, was a male taken in the breeding season of both parent species; yet the te.sts were not enlarged, and the characters Avere those of the females or immature, rather than of the males of each species.

In

conclusion

we must

not overlook

(as others have done), the fact that specimens similar to the supposed hybrids

cheek markings of gibbosits were evident

described above have long been known,

A, barely apparent in B, fully developed in C, in all the bronzy blotches on

yet referred to as distinct species. certainly probable, however, in

the cheeks (another gibbosits character)

cases indeed almost certain, that all of these specimens are also hybrids, and that consequently the so-called spe-

in

were developed in none, except faintly in A, were the streaks of color behind the m.outh, and in line with it (a feature ;

of incisor)

,

developed.

In the outlines

and form of the head and body all were variously intermediate.

Specimens A and B possessed, while C lacked, the blue metallic luster of incisor;

all

had the cof-

fee-colored flecks on the body and the

numerous dark spots on

the vertical fins,

both of which are features of gibbosits,

never evident in incisor.

mate

to

as hybrids

Lepomis

Of

It

seems

legiti-

regard these three individuals

between Lepomis incisor and

gibbosits.

presumed type of hybrid sunfishes here discussed, namely Chaenobryttits gulosus x Lepomis incisor; Lepomis cyancllns x Lepomis gibbosits, and Lepomis incisor and Lepomis gibbosits, it

the three

It is

some some or

cies

based on them should no longer re-

tain a place in the system.

The nominal

species referred to are mitrinus, ischynts,

phenax; possibly macrochirits, albitlus and gill a, and almost certainly Lepomis euryorus.

Two Michigan specimens typical of the last

named

"species." Avhich

has been recorded as such, on the basis of a few individuals in each case, from

Michigan,

Ohio,

Indiana,

Illinois

and

Minnesota, are found on careful examination to be intermediate between Lepo-

mis cyanelliis and L. characters of form of

tion teeth,

mouth

and

characters

;

;

pharyngeal

at least in ;

they

gibbosits

in

all

structure and posi-

some of

arch

and

the color

can scarcely be other

than hybrids.

should be noted wnth emphasis, that

for each of the three pairs of supposed

parent-species the breeding seasons, the

If a

had

man's

credit.

in

debt

it

proves that he once

104

Aquatic

fiitt

Leney: Experiments on the AxolotI

ci

Experiments on the Axolotl D. Laboratory) of

The

LENET. R

F.

Z. S.

Comparative Anatomy, Oxford University

axolotl seems to attract attention

attained

the

in Aquatic Life from time to time, so perhaps a few notes on it may not come

Auiblystoma

amiss.

land.

known

some time that the axolotl or larval form of Amhlystoina tigrinum will give up its aquatic life and take to a terrestrial one when It

has been

for

forced to breathe atmospheric

This

air.

external stimulus brings about complete

absorption of the feathery

gills,

and also

perfect

Figure 2

the male shortly after

The

place.

Kendall has found that

form or

other, into the blood, so that

may

metamorphosis

In

nature

this

brought about by the

is

be presumed that iodine

about

metamorphosis.

young

axolotl

after Figure 3

reduced

fect

(see

Proc. Zool.

same

Soc, 191 3

—

ef-

in a

A

it

one of

to bring

weak

a

solu-

visible reduc-

tail fin

took place,

but unfortunately the patient died soon

axolotl live, while in captivity the slow

evaporation of the water in which the

and

tion of the gills

is

work

Accordingly

was put

tion of iodine crystals.

gradual drying up of the pools where the

larvae are, will usually have the

thyroid

the

gland stores and secretes iodine, in some

the stimulating agents at

absorbed.

that the axo-

is

were sexually mature, hence the thyroid must have supplied the necessary stimulant for the metamorphosis to take lotl

becomes rounded and the eyes more prominent. Figure i will give an idea of the halfway stage, with gills partly absorbed and the dorsal fin beginning to be

as

of

is

coming onto dry

chief interest

of the fin along the back and tail while the head

known

stage

tigrinian.

gills

was

taken,

where the very

can be seen. of Salamandra

young

Similarly the

have

maculosa, the spotted salamander,

p.

been on thyroid gland and have metamorphosed in an abnormally short time,

Goodenach fed young frog tadpoles on the thyroid gland of the ox and found

but the iodine treatment appears to have

2,

403)-

that they turned ts

into frogs in

onally short time.

an excep-

Feeding with potas-

sium iodide mixed with flour did as well.

And

fect.

Does

weak

so-

had the same

ef-

keeping them

lution of iodine crystals this

this

in a

answer with axolotl

Last winter, at the Laboratory of

?

Com-

Anatomy, of Oxford Univerpair of mature black axolotl were

little

small

or no

in

vulgaris,

weak

the

solutions

Quite recently, in Alay, a white adult aquarium, was observ-

axolotl. in a large

ed to become covered with pink spots on a disease of some its body

either side of

After

sity, a

generally

ox thyroid. At the end of this time both had left the water and had

Triton

of iodine, they rapidly metamorphose.

kind.

fed twice a week, for seven weeks, on

of

smooth newt, are kept

parative

pieces of

on them, whereas when

eft'ect

larvae

;

this

near

it

the

was noticed top

of

the

to be

water.

Three weeks later it was found to have lost most of the filaments on its gills and to be respiring

with

its

lungs almost en-

Aquatic

106 tirely.

When

placed in water

enough to enable the

air,

sea salt

ease

if

it

to

keep

its

shallow

if

head

as

which a

if desired, and to had been added to cure the

in

little

dis-

possible, the gills continued to be

absorbed and the creature became cured of the disease.

At

August, the axolotl

the time of writing, is

iiitt

one of these might not come onto land creature

a

unknown

hitherto

to

Scarceness of living material in

science.

England makes

almost impossible,

this

but in the native countries of these creatures

should not be

it

be possible

;

difficult.

who knows

until

he

It

may

tries ?

just about to leave

the water as a perfect amblystome.

This

The judge was

probably means that the disease

some

fed up with the

jury,

Tip-top Broadtail Telescopes Bred in

1920

Some

in

evidently getting a bit

and

at

last

he

Photograph by Harry W. Balleisen

way caused metamorphosis, and

not the

brackish water, which has no such effect

on a normal individual.

These ex])eriments show the imj^iortance of the thyroid gland and its secretions and the need of ascertaining the It would be principles on which it acts. anrl useful if anyone very interesting would exjjcrimcnt on permanently aquatic salamanders, such as Aiiiphiiiiiia, Ncctiiriis, Pratciis, Siren and others, to see

announced "I discharge this jury!"

A

tall,

lean

member

of the twelve then

rose.

"Say, judge, you can't discharge me."

"Can't

discharge

you?

Why

not?"

thundered the judge.

"Waal," to the

hired

re])lied the

juryman, pointing

counsel for the defense, "I was

by that guy over there!"

Canuck.

Jack

SitiViatic

South Australian Society

water ;

fauna

mollusca

is

America of Unia have been named,

200 species whilst

Australia

of

the United States of

in

in

all

Australia

there

are

107

wide

At a meeting of the South AustraHan Aquarium Society held on Tuesday, August 3, 1920, Mr. W. J. Kimber dehvered an address on "Fresh-water Mohusca."

The lecturer remarked that the freshpoor

Lite

but

of

distriljutifjn

thus accounted of the shell was

Kimber spoke

some

for.

species being

The development

dealt

with

and

Mr.

of the usefulness of mol-

Our

luscs in aquaria.

small fresh-water

has about 4400 teeth jjlaced in 200 rows and with these teeth the exceslimpet

sive glass.

growth of algae is rasped ofif the Although water snails are gen-

erally herbivorous they relish flesh

and

El^HlBlTED 8V MR. G.WHILLIKER

A Newspaper He

three.

Cartoonist's Impressions of the Philadelphia Exhibition

mentioned the extraordinary

the larger species have been

known

to

number of eggs deposited at one time by some species of Mollusca. The fresh-

vour small

water mussel lays about 200,000 eggs,

continuously filtering the water and re-

but this the

is

not large as compared with

millions

laid

by

the

oyster.

some

the principal food of

fishes

fishes,

being

thus transferred for long distances.

Au-

even attaching themselves to thentic records

have been made of the

transportation of small bivalves on the legs of

birds and of water-beetles, the

fishes.

The

bivalves feed by

taining the nutrient matter.

Many

Mol-

form and of the great quantity deposited comparatively few survive.

The larvae have interesting habits, some

lusca's eggs

feed upon their brethren and even to de-

parasites

utilize

life

Thus some

hosts.

of

molluscs

higher as

forms of

intermediate

parasites of sea-birds

live in the branchial cavities of sea-snails

in

the first stages of development,

which

and

has

caused the death of over three million sheep in the

the live

fluke,

Commonwealth, uses a water-snail as its The dreaded disease Billiartfirst host. cia

is

similarly propagated.

Hale, Honorarv Secretarv.

Herbert M.

Aquatic

108

The Axolotl Again No

apology

needed

is

referring

in

again and again to this salamander. results

The

of investigations have a distinct

and valuable relation to possibilities from fishes to the human subject.

I have lately been engaged in inquiring into the feeding of this creature in order to ascertain the effect of certain natural

foods upon

me

growth.

its

might

that I

do a

my own way

feeding in

It

occurred to glandular

little

without recourse

to either extracted glands or glandular

My

preparations.

idea

was

to try

find the quickest growing larvae

and

— that

is,

]Lite

"That one looks old enough to be a woman Saturday at

grandfather," said a

the pet fish exhibition in Horticultural Hall,

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. "Is

he?"

"That

madam,"

a roe fish,

is

said a

committeeman.

mean

"I

the biggest one, there, that

one with the long whiskers," continued the

woman.

"That is a roe fish, madam," repeated the committeeman.

"I am not asking you what sort of a fish it is, but whether it is not old enoiigh grandfather?

to be a

It certainly is

big

something which completes its metamorphosis in a very short time, and in con-

enough."

sequence likely to possess glandular matabundance or the best form.

roe fish," answered the committeeman.

ter either in I

made use

midges

of the larvae of one of our

— species

not determined, and by

"It

big enough,

is

madam, but

"Well, can't a row father, as well as ied

grand?" quer-

touch of

feeding the young axolotl with the best developed larvae which they were able to negotiate, I have produced axolotl this

year exceeding in size for age anything I have previously been able to turn out.

I am not an entomologist, consequently am not able to suggest any particular This is where the entomologist species. comes in with his valuable assistance someone who has made a special study of The relation between the the subject. entomologist and medical science is much closer than is usually credited.

I remember when the medical faculty

mitteeman.

first

suspected, or

more than

suspected,

"No, madam, a roe

"Well, the

I

'kind'

it

is

woman

indignantly, "but

"Well,

that

it

numerous be blamerl

that

species of mosquitos ;

i

f

all

the

were

to

of

why

the its

I

am

a lady."

also is the fish," asserted the

why on

earth didn't

in the first place."

com-

but firmly.

politely,

you say so

Public Ledger.

so, the efforts to rheclv the

much easier they wanted to know how many kinds of mosquitos were known and their The entomologists sui^plied this habits. spread

see

can't

I

has anything to do with

becoming a grandfather," that in a tone between disgust and despair. will never be a "Bvit, madam, you grandfather, no matter how long you live," said the committeeman.

"No, sir, I shall not," retorted the

was improbable

felt

cannot be a

never had an aquarium," said

woman, "but

spread of yellow fever, they, the doctors,

for the

fish

irritation

grandfather," once more said the com-

"So mitteeman

the mosquito to be responsible

a

be a

fish

noticeable in her voice.

—

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any other kind

woman, a

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the

fever

might be

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Ten breeds are illustrated in color, with numerous text cuts; 112 pages.

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Up

Shipping Cans 50 cents

New

Varieties received

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regularly

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Importers and Dealers

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