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mandibles keep ap an incessant snapping, which occasion- 

 ally entraps some worm, or minute crastacea, in an inexora- 

 ble grasp. Very interesting it is to watch these birds'-heads 



Bnapping with vague vigor, while above them the animals, to 

 which they can scarcely be said to belong, arc protruding 

 from their enps ; for, be it noted, the bird's-head does not 

 form part of the animal, but issues from the stem ou which 

 the colony of animals abides ; as if a gentleman residing 

 in the parlor kept a wateh-dog chained to his area-gate." 

 This curious zoophyte is thrown up in large quantities in 

 the dead state during the autumn at Glen Cove, on Long 

 Island, which place the reader will do well to visit if he 

 wish to see some of the "wonders of the shore," for there 

 he can get minnows and other fish in abundauce, together 

 with hermit crabs, by the peck, and starfish by the cart- 

 load yes, literally by the cart-load ; for, during the month 



of September of the year 1857, I saw at least a mile of 

 the shore covered down far below low-water mark with this 

 beautiful animal, which, however, is no favorite with fisher- 

 men, as they will often destroy large quantities of oysters. 



The Common "Whelk (Bvccimtvi obsoUttm) is common 

 upon nearly all our coasts, for instance, at Greenpoint and 

 Gleu Cove, and at some parts of Harlgate shore. 



The Fusus clncrms is found along with the Buccmum, 

 and the Fccten, with his metallic blue eyes, is also to be 

 found at Glen Cove, together with living Anemias during 

 the autumn. 



If we wish to obtain fresh-water stock, we can cross over 

 any of the three city ferries which take us to lloboken ; 

 and, then, jumping into one of the omnibuses that stand 



