tiously up to unsuspecting: prey, until, three 

 or four inches away, it stops, protruding its 

 tongue slightly, limbs quivering for a second 

 or so, then with a sudden dart the prey is 

 caught. 



The warm summer months is the nuptial 

 season. It is an amusing sight to see two 

 males approach each other, head nodding 

 violently up and down, stopping every few 

 steps, distending their throat fan of brilliant 

 pink or red, a few more steps, again stopping 

 to nod and extend the fan until at last quite 

 near each other, a rush, the fight is on. A 

 beaten and perhaps tailless individual, faded 

 to a dull, yellowish brown, sneaks off, leaving 

 the victor clothed in vivid green. The Cha- 

 meleons are hatched by good old mother sun 

 from soft-shelled eggs laid in the sand or 

 earth, where they are hidden safely away 

 from the males by the mother some time 

 before. 



Brooklyn-Philadelphia Outing 



On May 30th and 31st, some members of 

 the Brooklyn Aquarium Society visited Phila- 

 delphia, and were escorted by Mr. Innes and 

 others to various establishments. 



The party consisted of President Schneider, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Froelich, Mr. and Mrs. Vicel, Mrs. 

 Marsh and Messrs. Heede, Rassman and Hoare. 



OBSERVATIONS ON MOUTH-BREEDING 



FISH 



By John M. Palmer 



During the past winter I have had the 

 pleasure of watching the breeding habits of 

 Paratilapia multicolor, of which species I had 

 three females and two males. 



Thev were kept in a large aquarium with 

 about twenty species of tropical fish, the tem- 

 perature of the water in which was not lower 

 at anv time than 68 degrees, and ranged up 

 to as high as 80 degrees. 



JuFt before time for breeding the female 

 becomes distended in the abdomen to a greater 



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