WHAT AEE THE STARFISHES ? 



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evidently the lowest of their group. The structure i s 

 almost exactly like that of the Encrinus, i.e. a number 

 of stony pieces deposited within the soft tissues, and 

 connected by them so as to possess flexibility. (Fig. 2.) 



Fig. 3. QOEGONOCEPHALUS, OR GOKGOJl's IIEAD. 



By far the greater bulk of the creature is composed of 

 these earthy pieces, and, as is the case with the Encri- 

 nite, from each of the principal rays project a series 



