FLYING FISHES are common along Pa- 

 cific shores but the spotted creature 

 above, an immature Cypselurus cal- 

 lopterus, is rather rare. 



GREEN ALGA shown above at lelt is a 

 marine plant of Dictyosphaeria which 

 forms iridescent green masses of large 

 cells in rock crevices. The specimen is 

 greatly magnified. 



CORAL CLUMP, which resembles a 

 head of cauliflower, is a common form 

 of marine animal (PociUopora) which 

 many persons mistake for plant life. 



LITTLE ANIMALS, forming colonial 

 masses, combine to create sponges. 

 There are hundreds of different species 

 having this identical shape. 



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