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400 POLYMORPHIC FUNGI. 
At Eastport, Me., and Grand Menan during several years past, 
I have made many observations on this subject, but mostly relating 
to fishes of which the habits are better known, like the cod, hake, 
haddock, ete. oa 
The Wolf-fish (Anarrhicas vomerinus) is not at all particular as - 
to its food. At Eastport I took from the stomach of a large one 
at least four quarts of the common round sea-urchin (Huryechinus a 
Dribachiensis V.), most of them with the spines on, and many of ` 
them quite entire. From another, I took an equal quantity ofa i 
mixture of the same sea-urchin and the large whelk (Buccinum un- 
dulatum). Many of the latter were entire or but slightly cracked. A 
The Sculpins not unfrequently swallow entire large specimens 
of several crabs (Cancer irroratus, Hyas coarctatus, etc.). eon 
The Haddock is addicted to the same habit, but is a very gen- 
eral feeder, swallowing all sorts of mollusca, worms, fishes, ete. — . 
The Herring (Clupea elongata) in the Bay of Fundy feeds very a 
extensively, at least during all the months when I have observed i 
them (June to November), upon several species of Mysis and Thy = 
sanopoda, called “shrimp” by the fishermen. These swim free — 
at and near the surface in extensive “schools” and are persist- 
ently pursued by the Herring. The commonest species, apparently 
a Thysanopoda, is about an inch and a half long, of a pale reddish 
color. The species of Mysis are smaller and paler. The two gen- 
era often occur together. Young Pollock or Coal-fish, four to ten 
inches long, pursue the same species in large schools, often com- 
ing around the wharves of Eastport in great numbers in eager pur- 
_ suit of their prey, and by leaping out after them produce a great — 
commotion in the water. When thus pursued the Thysanopoda 
will leap out of the water to the height of a foot or more. The 
common Sebastes, or * Red Perch” at Eastport, feeds upon the same 
species when they come around the wharves, but probably does 
not pursue them to the same extent as the herring and oe 
POLYMORPHIC FUNGI. 
BY M. C. COOKE. 
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Ir is now generally admitted that a great many fungi, formerly 
regarded as good and distinct species, are in reality, only conditions 
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