THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 



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way, now 

 hanging on 

 to her an- 

 tennae and 

 again to her 

 tail. Itis 

 the male sea- 

 spider or 

 Pycn g o d 

 that gets hold 

 of the eggs 

 and carries 

 them about 

 attached to a 

 pair of ap- 

 pendages, and 

 it is likewise 

 the male sea- 

 horse (Hippo- 

 campus) who 

 stows away 

 the eggs in a 

 c apacious 

 breast pocket 

 and carries 

 them there 

 till they are 

 hatched. 



We caimot 

 exhaust our 

 admiration 

 for the male 



Fig. 23. — -Nest of the fifteen-spined Stickleback, 

 Gasterosteus spinachia, among the seaweed. 

 B. A bunch of eggs. (From a specimen.) 



