TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



the Malacopterygii, which, according as their ventral 

 fins are placed more or less backwards, are called abdomi- 

 nales (carp, pike, salmon, herrings), subbranchii (cod, 

 whiting, flat-fish) ; if these fins are altogether absent, 

 as in the eels, they are called Apodes. Finally we 

 come to the Lophobranchii, with the gills placed in 



THE BUFF (Perca cerium, Cuv.). 



tufts (Hippocampus, or sea-horses), and the Plectog- 

 nathi, a small family of fish with the maxillary and 

 intermaxillary bones united : examples, the Diodon, or 

 porcupine fish. That is the end of the puzzle." 



" Eeally, you are not too exacting. But the jargon 

 is not merely Greek, it is Ivirghise or Cossack such 



