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ZOOLOGY. 



is long and narrow, and the viviparous eel-pout (Zoarces), the 

 cottoids or sculpins, and a number of allied forms, we come 

 to the hake {Merlucius Mlinearis Gill), the haddock {Melano- 

 grammus ceglefinus Gill, Fig. 431), and cod ( Gadus morrhua 



The Haddock, Melanogramm-us ceglefinus.— Vrom the American Nai- 



Linn., Fig. 482), all of which extend northwards from Cape 

 Hatteras, the cod abounding on both sides of the Atlantic, 

 being a circumpolar fish. The cod does not, as formerly 

 supposed, migrate along the coast, but seeks the cool- tempe- 

 rature to which it is adapted by gradually passing in the 



-Prom the American Naturalist. 



Fig. 422.— The Cod-fish, Gadus morrhua.- 



early summer from shallow to deep water, and returning as 

 the season grows colder. It visits the shallow water of Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay to spawn about the first of November, and 

 towards the last of the month deposits its eggs. About 



