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TROPICAL AMERICA AND ITS ANIMALS 



instance of the community of t}*pe between the animals of Eastern Asia and 

 North America. 



One South American cat-fish, known as the sheath-fish (Aspredo 

 Fishes. . . . 



batrachus), has breeding habits somewhat similar to those of the 



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PIRAYA. 



Surinam toad, although in this instance the eggs are attached to the loose and 

 spongy skin of the female's abdomen, instead of being embedded in her back. 



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THE DODBLE-EYED FISH. 



