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THE STUDY OF ANIMAL LIFE CRAP. 



you may be able to watch the female salmon ploughing 

 a furrow in the gravelly bed, and there laying her eggs, 

 careful not to disturb the places where others have already 

 spawned. In quiet by-pools you may find the gay male 

 stickleback guarding the nest which he has made of 

 twined fibres partly glued together with mucus. There 

 the female has laid eggs, but he has driven her forth : he 



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FIG. 33. MALE OF Kurlus (julliveri. 

 (After Weber.) 



The upper figure shows the bony hook on the top of the head, 

 lower figure shows the bunch of eggs in the hook. 



The 



will do all the nursing himself. No approaching enemy 

 is too large for him to attack ; his courage equals his 

 seeming pride. When the young are hatched, but not 

 yet able to fend for themselves, his cares are increased 

 tenfold. It is hard to keep the youngsters in the cradle. 

 ' No sooner has he brought one bold truant back, than 

 two others are out, and so it goes on the whole day 

 long." 



