Four feet, wings, and fins (1879) (14594929070)

Identifier: fourfeetwingsfin00mask (find matches)
Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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k into thewater. Sometimes, they plunge beneath, rewet theirfins, then continue their flight. But enemies awaitthem here. Sea-birds often pounce upon them, too.The eyes of these fish protrude so that they cansee danger from every quarter. Sometimes whenflying, they become suddenly exhausted, and fallwith such force upon decks of ships as to be killedin great numbers. One of the most singular of theflying-fish is the dragon-fish, or Pegastis-draco, Itlooks something like a crocodile with fan-like wingsupon each side. It is three or four inches in length,and belongs to the sea-horse pipe-fish genus. Themales carry the eggs in their coat-tail pockets untilthey are hatched, Now, Tousin Grace, youre jokin, I just know! 449 THE FISHING PARTY. Tause no little fish have toat-tails. They dont weartoats, at all, said Rose. Not cloth ones, laughed Grace, but shiningscaly coats, so thick on the dragon-fish as to forma sort of armor. Their coat-pockets are pouches ontheir tails — a sort of sack.
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I should think they might call it an angel-fishas well as a dragon-fish, or is it so very ugly ?said May. Not near so ugly as a fish that really bears thatname, said Grace. 450