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AMPHIBIANS 



CHAPTER II. — Newts, Salamanders, and Ccecilians, — Orders Caudata and Apoda. 



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Distinctive Characters of the Caudata — Their Distribution and Habits — The Salamander 

 Tribe (Salamandridce) — Typical Salamanders (Sala/mandra) — Alpine Salamander — 

 Spanish Salamander (Chioglossa) — Newts (Molge) — Crested Newt — Marbled Newt — 

 Alpine Newt — Common Newt — Webbed Newt — Other Species — Habits of Newts 

 Spectacled Salamander (Salautuiulrina) — Other Genera (Tylotriton and Pachytriton) — 

 Axolotls (Amblystoma) — Other Genera — The Fish-Like Salamanders (Amphivmidos) 

 Giant Salamander (Megalobatrachus) — Hell-Bender (Cryptobranchus) — Three-Toed 

 Salamander (Amphiuma) — The Gilled Salamanders (Proteidw) — Olm (Proteus) — 

 Furrowed Salamander (Necturus) — Two-Legged Salamanders (Sirenidai) — The Ccecil- 

 ians, or Worm-Like Amphibians (Order Apoda), ...... 289 



CHAPTER III. — The Primeval Salamanders, — Order Labyrinthodontht. 

 Characters and Distribution of the Group — The Leading Families and Genera, . .311 



FISH ES 



CHAPTER I. — General Characteristics of the Class Pisces. 

 Classification — External Skeleton — Internal Skeleton — Teeth — Coloration — Soft Parts — 



Reproduction — Tenacity of Life — Distribution, . . . . . .314 



CHAPTER II. — Lung-Fishes and Chim^roids, — Subclasses Dipnoi and Holocephali. 

 Existing Lung-Fishes (Lepidosirenidce) — Australian Lung-Fish (Ceratodus) — South American 

 Mnd-Yi^i (Lepidosiren)— African Mud-Fish (/Vo^er-us) — Extinct Lung-Fishes— Berrv- 

 Bone Fishes (Order .1 rthrodira) — The Chimseroids (Subclass Holocephali), . . 325 



CHAPTER III.— The Bony Fishes axd Ganoids,— Subclass Teleostomi. 

 Classification— Fan-Finned Group (Order Adinopterygii)— Spine-Finned Fishes (Suborder 

 Ar.mfhoptenjgii)— The Perch Tribe (Percida>)— True Perches (Perca)— Pike-Perches 

 (Lucioperca)— Danubian Perches (Aspro) — Ruffes (Acerina)— Centrarchidce— Bass and 

 Sea-Perches (Serranidce)- South American Perch and Bass (Percichthys anil Mm-one) — 

 Sea-Perch (< 'entropristes, Serranux, etc.)— Stone-Bass (Polyprion)— Oriental and African 

 Perches (Lates and Psammoperca)— Scaly-Finned Fishes (Chcetodontida) -Chcetodon— 

 t'julmon—Heniochus—Holacanthns—RfnX Mullets (Mullidce) Sea-Breams (Sparidai) 

 Cantharus—Haplodactylus—Sargus— Gilt-Heads (Ghrysoph rys) — Knife-Jawed Fishes 

 (Hoplognath idee)— Thick-Rayed Fishes (Cirrhitidce) — ' 'irrhitichthys — Chilodactylus- 

 Scorpaenoids (Scorpcenidce) — Allied Families — Berycoids, or Slime-Heads (Berychidoe)— 

 Curtidce and Polynemidce — Scisenoids (Scicenidce) — Drum (Pogonias) -Umbrines 



