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of the structure and biology of echinoderms. This biography is one of several but 

 none makes his time more alive. 



Miner, R. W.: Fieldhook of Seashore Life. New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. 

 Useful for all groups of seashore animals. Fully illustrated. 



CoE, W. R.: "Echinoderms of Connecticut." Connecticut State Geological and Natural 

 History Survey Bull., 19:1-152 (1912). Bibliography and excellent brief accounts 

 and illustrations of general use on the Eastern coast of the United States. 



Jennings, H. S.: "Behavior of the Starfish Asterias forreri Deloriol," University of 

 California Publications in Zoology, 4:53-185 (1907). Written by an authority in 

 animal behavior. 



Mead. Albert D.: "The Natural History of the Star-fish," Washington Bull. U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries, 19:203-224 (1899). The most interesting account of the 

 natural history of the common starfish. Available in many libraries. 



33. Introduction to the Vertebrates — Lower Chordates and Fishes 



Beston. Henry: The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape 

 Cod. New York, Rinehart and Co., 1949. 



Breder, C. M., Jr.: Fieldhook of Marine Fishes of the Atlantic Coast. New York, G. P. 



Putnam's Sons 1929. Reliable, with a content and size for ready use. 

 Carson, Rachel L.: The Sea Around Us. New York, Oxford University Press, 1951. 



The book brings to the reader a sea as ancient and living, and as changeful as the 



sea really is. 

 Carson, Rachel L.: Under the Sea-wind. New York, Oxford University Press, 1952. 



Authentic life stories of fishes with the flavor left in — mackerel, herrmg, cod and 



their neighbors. The "River and the Sea" contains a life story of the eel. 



Curtis, Brian: The Life Story of the Fish: His Morals and Manners, 2nd ed. New 

 York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1949. The author was formerly in charge of biological 

 investigations of fresh-water fishes for the California State Division of Fish and 

 Game. This book is an enjoyably clear and brief account told with humor, and 

 based on firsthand acquaintance with living fishes. 



Daniel, J. F.: The Elasmobranch Fishes, 3rd ed. Berkeley, Calif., University of Cali- 

 fornia Press, 1934. 



Jordan, David S.: Science Sketches, 5th ed. Chicago, A. C. McClurg Co., 1916. In- 

 cludes a famous "Story of Salmon," a classic of American fish stories. Out of print 

 but in many libraries. 



LaGorce. J. O., ed.: The Book of Fishes. Washington, D. C, National Geographic 

 Society, 1939. Chapters on fishes and fishways of the streams and coastal waters of 

 North America. With 443 color portraits and 162 photographs from the National 

 Geographic Magazine. 



Smith, Homer W.: Kamongo. New York, The Viking Press, 1932. An account of the 

 African lung fish. The author spent a year in Africa learning about the lung fish, 

 then wrote Kamongo which has been read by thousands. 



Walton, Isaak: The Compleat Angler, 5th ed. The classical account of the delights of a 

 sport that has never gone out of fashion for men and should be in greater fashion 

 for women. 



Gage, Simon H.: "Lampreys and Their Ways," Scientific Monthly, 28:401-416 (1929). 



U. S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Washington, D. C), 

 publishes reports and other publications that deal with fish and fisheries. Lists of 

 these are sent upon request. Some publications are distributed free; others are for 

 sale. The Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Reports of the North 

 American Wild Life Conference, and the periodical Copeia contain articles on all 

 aspects of fishes. Various states distribute papers of interest to fishermen. 



34. Amphibians — The Frog, An Example of the Vertebrates 



Barbour. T.: Reptiles and Amphibians, Their Habits and Adaptations, 2nd ed. Boston, 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1934. Accounts of exotic amphibians by a great traveler 

 with unique illustrations. 



