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call the fleet of the fishes is accompanying 

 them along the coast ; and we may trace the 

 progress of the latter by the successive dates 

 when they ascend the coast streams, begin 

 ning to do this as early as January in the 

 Savannah River, and continuing gradually 

 northward, until the New England Coast 

 streams receive them in April and early 

 May. The names of these fresh-water 

 breeding migrants among the fishes are fa 

 miliar to nearly all dwellers along the 

 coast the herrings, alewives, shad, and 

 salmon. But hosts of other sea-fishes, that 

 do not spawn in fresh water, are migratory, 

 and come northward at the same time with 

 the birds, only we can not trace their jour- 

 neyings as exactly as we can those of the 

 anadromous fishes. 



Now let us turn for a moment to that 

 other curiously bird-like habit of certain 

 fishes, when they, like the birds, are wak 

 ing to the joys and responsibilities of family 

 life; namely, nest-building. The majority 

 of fishes, to be sure, like some birds, lay 

 their eggs without providing any nests for 

 them, but certain species are very particular 

 about the homes and safeguards of their off- 



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