CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PAGES 



The PHYSOSTOMI : The Carp The Barbel The Gudgeon 

 The Loaches The Tench The Crucian Carp 

 The Bream The Roach The Chub The Rudd 

 The Dace The Bleak The Minnow The Shad . 204-230 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The Salmonid<z1te Salmon The Sea-Trout The River- 

 Trout The Grayling The Char The Smelt . . 231-279 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Pike . .'..;. . , . . 280-285 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 The Eels The Lampreys . . ..... . . 286-292 



CHAPTER XVII. 



MOLLUSCS, CRUSTACEANS, AND ANNELIDA 

 (EARTH-WORMS). 



Slugs Snails The Crayfish The Fresh- Water Shrimp . 293-298 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 THE INSECTS. 



The Gyrimis Natafor The Great Water-Beetle The 

 Water-Boatman- The Water-Bug The Devil's Coach- 

 Horse The Common Dor-Beetle The Peacock- Fly 

 The Fern-Fly The Marlow Buzz The May-Bug 

 The Blethisa Midtipunctata The Odocantha Melanusa 299-308 



