ANIMALS FOR. 



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FIG. 32. 



want to take them yourself, you must avoid sandy 

 sea-shores, and spend your holidays amongst the 

 rocks. You will find them at Margate and Kams- 

 gate, the Isle of Wight, and Wey mouth ; in fact, 

 wherever there 

 are rocks co- 

 vered by the sea. 

 My illustrations 

 extend to three.* 

 First, the beauti- 

 ful Anthea cereus, 

 with its long, de- 

 pendent, languid- 

 looking filaments, 

 which are never 

 retracted within 

 its body (Fig. 32). 

 Second, the Cori- 

 aceous Sea -ane- 

 mone (Actinia 

 coriacea), Fig. 33, 

 the most common 

 form of all the 

 sea-anemones of 

 our coast. It as- 

 sumes a great va- 

 riety of colours, 

 from a bright 

 orange to a dark 

 green, and almost 

 perfectly white. 

 They bear almost 



* For these and some other illustrations, the Author is 

 indebted to Mr. Mitchell, Secretary of the Zoological So- 

 ciety, for permitting his artist to copy from the drawings 

 illustrating the collection in the Aquarium in the gardens in 

 Regent's Park. 



FIG. 33. 



