IHE MIGRATION OF THE JOLLY-TAIL OR EEL-GUDGEON - . GalcixiaS attenuatltS . 49 



Soon alter transference to fresh water the larvae lost their transparency, and rapidly assumed 

 the characters ol the adult fish. 



\n\ little I orded ol thi habi! ol Galax as but some interesting notes on the occur- 



rence "i '.. truttaceus in damp soil in I tsmania havi been made by Messrs. T. S. Hall;, and J. J. 

 Fletcher. i It would seem that this species is capable <>l burrowing into soft earth to a depth of eight 

 inches when the water dries up in times ol drought, and there aestivating until more favourable 

 conditions supervene. Another species, G. findlayi, is confined to the higher altitudes of the south- 

 n part Ol New South Wales, and occurs almost at the summit of Mount Kosciusko during the 

 warmer months ol the year. It apparently migrates during the winter to lower levels, since 1 searched 

 for it in vain on 2nd O in, at Bett's ( imp, about 6,000 feet high, in a stream which was 



exposed b) thi melting snow, although Mr. I Hedlej had previously collected it there during the. 



summer. In Digger' l reel ;,i I howevei we saw a lew large specimens fighting their way 



up against the' rushing wat< 1 - : thi j would darl out into the stream and gain a distance of a foot or 

 1 time, and then retreat to the shelter ol the banks for rest. 



. Hall \ ict. Nat., xviii., 1 

 4. Fletcher — Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, xxxi., [906, pp. 130, 407. <S 566. 



