22 THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE. 



THE RED-FIN, 



the body of which is a delicate azure, while the head, tail and fins 

 are an intense scarlet. 



THE TUMBLER. 



Species Kin-teon - Yu. 



This is a remarkable fish, and one that seems quite distinct. 

 The head and tail are bent upward, giving to the entire fish the form 

 of a crescent. 



When swimming it has the habit of throwing itself over and over 

 in the same manner that tumbler pigeons do when flying. The color 

 of the fish is a magnificent blue flushed with orange making a gor- 

 geous display. 



THE ELEGANT. 



This is a variety of the species Ouen-Yu, or "lettered kind," so 

 named because the streaky markings are not altogether unlike 

 Chinese characters. 



It is of a pure white sparingly dashed with patches of pearly 

 pink on the body, and having some exquisite letter-like markings or 

 tracings about the head and tail. Another variety of the species is 

 rich scarlet, shading off to black on the back, in the midst of which 

 is a large cross of pure white having two transverse bands like the 

 Cross of Lof-raiiie, by which name the author thinks proper to desig- 

 nate it. 



