Tin: 7Y/A'/.7:->r/.\7:/' STICK I.KBACR. 



Moat <>f tin-in Imilii nests quite elaborately \\lii. li th male defends with grv&t spirit. They 

 inhabit tin- fii-li : i anus of the sea iu Northern Europe and America. 



Tin NIM -i i NED STICKLEBACK (Qtuterotttu* pungitiiui) is a formi ually known In the 

 north. -rii ports of Europe and America, found in both fresh and salt wat-r. Eight oth.Tsj--ci.-s 

 are known in Am.-i ican waters. Tin- following account of Kun>i>-an SJMTU-S discloses the habit* 

 of nest-l>uililiiiL'. ami otlu-r Libit.s that apply equally to American forms. 



Tin. 'I III:M -i ii KLEBACK, a very common fiah, is also known under the names of 



TlTTLKBAT, l'l:l M I 11-11, and SlIAltl'LIX. 



THEKE-en.NKD STICKLEBACK AM) FIFTKEN 8HXKI) STICK I.KBACK. WITH NT.- 



It is a most bold and livi-ly little fish, hardly knowing fear, pugnacious to an absurd 

 degree, and remarkably inti-n-stin^ in its habits. Kv-n more voracious than the perch it 

 renders great servi--.- to mankind in k--pinj: wit Inn due bounds the many aqua tic and terrestrial 

 in--. t~. wliicli, although ;..:".: iiiiiu *li.-ir in.Ii-|"-n-:il']-' -in ti.-- in tli.' ^..iM. :n.' |Q . \i ivm.-ly 

 prolific, that they would n-n<l-r the country uninhabitable were they allowed to increase with- 

 out some clu-ck. 



So voracious and fiirles.s indeed is this little creature that it always forms the earliest game 

 of the juvenile angler, who need not trouble himself in the least about the temper of his hooks, 

 tli>- fineness of his tackle, or the delicate balance of his float. Any one can catch a Stickle- 

 back without rod, float, or even hook. All that i- m-edfiil is to repair to the nearest streamlet, 

 armed with a yard or two of thread and a walking-stick. Thin twine will answer very well 

 instead of the thread, and even the .-tick is not absolutely needed. Having proceeded thus 



