64 THE SEA-SIDE AND AQUARIUM. 



In so doing, if you should observe that instead of 

 amber colour, he has changed to dingy black put 

 on a " suit of sables " do not be surprised, for such 

 an alteration is of frequent occurrence with this 

 interesting little creature, as my experience proves. 



I beg most particularly to impress upon the young 

 reader, if he wishes to capture either the Goby or 

 Blenny, or others of like kind, to stand at a reason- 

 able distance from the pool, and to watch earnestly 

 for a glance of their forms darting about, before 

 commencing operations. Should he have the good 

 fortune to secure a specimen, let him not be content, 

 but continue his search, and he will most likely 

 capture others. Many a locality that to the inexpe- 

 rienced student seems barren, yields to the practised 

 zoologist an ample harvest. 



Of another species of Goby, the Lepidogaster U- 

 naculus, or Two-spotted Goby a common occupant 

 of rock pools of the Frith of Forth we may quote 

 the interesting account given by Dr Landsborough. 

 The reverend gentleman is describing a dredge haul, 

 and states : 



"There was one thing which we all admired, though 

 at first, when I saw it in the boat, I could not con- 

 ceive what it was ; nor was it until it had appeared in 

 all its phases that I discovered what it was in reality. 

 On opening a Scallop, I observed one of the valves 

 lined with what seemed Cellephora pumicosa, a zoo- 

 phyte, but it was gelatinous; so that I concluded it 

 might be some kind of spawn. On opening another 



