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gration ? Falls of Kilmorac, salmon how taken at ? Quantities 

 tiikeu near Coleraine ? How packed ? When do the young go 

 to the sea ? What is the Parr ? Do they return to their native 

 river ? Esocidoe.—?. 255.— The family of the Pike.— Instances of 

 its rapacity ? Its former value 't its longevity ? Weight of 

 some native specimens? Cyprinidce. — P. 256.— Family of the 

 Carp.— What of the Gold-fishes? The Carp as mentioned in 

 1496? The Bream as mentioned by Chaucer? What use is 

 made of the scales of this family of fishes ? 



Osseous Fishes with Spxny Eats. — P 257. 

 Order Acanthopterygii. — Characteristics of the Order ? Fa- 

 mily Labridce.—Y. 257.— That of the Wrasse.— Colours of the 

 fish ? Local names. MiigilidoE.—?. 257.— That of the Midlet.— 

 What is said of the distribution on our coasts of the thick-lipped 

 Grey Midlet? Quantity taken ? Weight of a single fish ? Na- 

 tm-e of its food ? Habit of .springing over the net f "What was 

 the weight of a Red Band-fish sent by post? What was its 

 length? What is said of a Pdband-fish foimd on the coast of 

 Antrim in 1836 ? Scomberidcc.—P. 259.— That of the Mackerel— 

 P. 259.— The Pilot-fish, why so called? Size of the a'unny? 

 Temperature of its blood ? What is said of the Mackerel fishery 

 in 1821 ? Sparidoe.—F. 260.— The family of the Gilt -head. For 

 what are the Sea Breams remarkable? For what the Stickle- 

 back and Gurnard? What fish is called the Piper? What is 

 said of a Mediterranean fisli? l^'ercida.— 261. — The family of 

 the Perch. — What prices were given by the Romans for some of 

 the true Mullets? AVhat is told of the habits of the Perch? 

 What opinions have prevailed as to the place of the Lepidosiren ? 

 Where is it found ? What are its habits ? What arrangement 

 has been proposed by Agassiz for fossil fishes ? What conclusion is 

 arrived at by a comparison of fossil fishes with those now living ? 

 Class II. Reptilia. — P. 265. 

 What are the characteristics of the Class ? Where are reptiles 

 most numerous? What is the number of living species? How 

 were they divided by Cuvier? How many species belon"- to 

 each Order? How many are inhabitants of Italy ? Of France ' 

 Of Britain ? Of Ireland ? Wliy is the blood cold ? 



Order I. Ampiiibi.v.— P. 267. — How is the Order divided? 

 Wliat strange animals belong to the first group ? Describe the 

 metamorphoses of the Frog. On what does it feed? How is 

 the food captured? What are Tree-frogs? How is respiration 

 effected? Is the Frog considered as formerly indigenous in Ire- 

 land or as introduced ? Is any species of Toad found in Ireland ? 

 What does popular tradition in Ireland .sav of the " JIankccpcr" ? 

 AVhat in England of the Toad ? Wliat evidence is there of the 

 existence in former times of gigantic Batrachian reptiles? 



Order II. Opuidia.— P. 274.— How many joints arc in the 

 spinal column of the Rattlesnake? In that of the Viper? In 

 what climates are they most numerous? What is said of them 

 in reference to islands in the Pacific Ocean? AVhat as regards 

 America? Wliat arc their habits? What arc the comparative 

 numbers of the poisonous and the harmless tribes? How docs 



