STARS AT LAM LASH. 



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long ago to naturalists, and it is this third variety for 

 which Lamlash Bay became famous. I observe that 

 the bay is getting the credit of scarcity as regards its 

 starfishes, but I sincerely hope this is not the case. 

 Be that as it may, it is the " Rosy Feather Star " for 

 which Lamlash became famous in its day and genera- 

 tion, and it will always be with this starfish in particular 

 that the zoological mind will associate the pretty bay 

 of Arran, with Holy Island as its outer bulwark and 

 protection. The rosy feather star is not unlike that 

 brittle-star that lies at our feet, in respect of its 



Fig, ii. Rosy Feather Star (a) and Stalked Young (3). 



general appearance ; but its colour is pink, as its 

 name indicates, and its arms exhibit processes or 

 appendages, as the term " feather " would imply. 

 The organs are confined to the central body-disc, so 

 that it is not by any means a near relation of the 

 common five-fingered starfish which the waves so 

 frequently cast up on the beach. 



In the rocks we find the fossil-remains of curious 

 starfishes set on stalks, and known as crinoids. 

 Preserved as fossils, they are often popularly known 

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