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31 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
Publisher: New York, Standard book company
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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h, or Silver Salmon, Oncorhynclius kisuich, writes Jordan, isalmost everywhere known by the name of Silver Salmon. It has alsoa series of local names. In Kamtchatka it is still known by the nameKisutch, in use in Pennants time, a hundred years ago. The name Bielaya Ryba, or A\hite-fish, is also ascribed to it. On FrazerRiver it is known by the INIusquaw name of Coho; at Seattle, by theNisciually name of Skowitz ; about Cape Flattery by the Makah nameof Hoopid ; on the Columbia it is called Silver Salmon or ^^hiteSalmon, and southward the same names prevail. It reaches a weight oftwenty pounds, the usual range being from seven to ten. The SilverSalmon enters all the rivers from Sacramento to Behring Island and Kamt-chatka. In the fall it is abundant in probably all the rivers. Few ornone, however, are seen in the spring. They are often taken with seinesin Puget Sound at all seasons. Like the other fall-running Salmon, theyseldom ascend the rivers to any great distance. ypsn^fi^^-^^^Sf.

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29 March 2018 by Alan

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Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
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ght to add that I tasted the dish again whencold next morning at breakfast, and that it had lost nothing of its relish,and I do not think that many who sat down before it without prejudicewould come to any other than such a favorable conclusion. Perhaps\inegar instead of lemon might cheapen the dish, but as the recipe isgiven, it may be classed as economical. The common Brook Sucker, Catostonius Coiiuiicrsoiii. or the • AVhiteSucker, is the most familiar and generally abundant of the group. It CARP, DACE AND MINNOW. 435 inhabits all bodies of water, large and small, from New England to Colo-rado. In the great lakes it reaches a length of two feet or more. In smallbrooks it is mature at eight or ten inches. It varies much in size, colorand form in the different streams. It bites freely, ami is one of the fisheswith which the unambitious brook angler is well contented. When takenout of clear water, ])roperly cared for and well washed, it is an excellentpan-fish, like most of its kind.

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THE BROOK SUCKER—CATOSTOMlS COMMERSOXI. All the lakes and rivers of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope,says Jordan, are inhabited by species of this genus, or of the alliedgenera Chasmistes and Pantostcus. In Utah Lake, said to be the greatestSucker-pond in the world, are found Caiostoimis fcciiinitis and ardcns,Chasmistes liorus and PantostcusplatyrliyncJius, all in abundance. In LakeTahoe Catostoinus tahoensis; in the Sacramento C. occidcntalis; in theColumbia C. macrochilus; in Klamath Lake Chasmistes luxatus and CJi.hrevirostiis, abound, while in the great lakes and all waters thence toAlaska and Arctic Ocean C. loiigirostris is an important food-fish. The Stone-roller, Hog Sucker, Stone Toter or Hammer-head Sucker, Catostomus nigricans, abounds in most waters from the greatlakes southward. The Stone-roller is extremely abundant in every run-ning stream in the North and West, where its singular, almost comical formis familiar to every school-boy. It delights in rapids and

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25 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
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THE COMMON, OR FRESH-WATER CRAW-FISH. Craw-fish are found in many rivers, edged in holes whic^» theyform in tlie clayey banks; and their presence is generally esteemed anevidence of the goodness of the water. They are frequently caught bysticks split at the end, with a bait inserted in the cleft, and stuck in the 558 THE GREAT CENTIPEDE. mud at the distance of a few feet from eacli other. These sticks, afterremaining some time, are taken up, and generally with an animaladhering to each. They are gently drawn out, and a basket is putunder to receive the animals, which drop off when brought to the surface.

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11 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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strious neighbor, and as soonas the Canvas-Back rises with the favorite root on which they bothgreedily feed, the Bald-Pate snatches the morsel and makes off withhis booty. They are always very alert and lively, feeding and swimming out into the ponds and rivers at all hours of the day, but areBxtremely watchful, sheltering in coves and behind the land, and onthe slightest attempt to steal upon them, immediately row out intothe stream beyond gun-shot, and then only take to wing when mucbdisturbed. THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUCK. This most beautiful of Ducks seems to be dressed in a studied attiie, to which the addition of a flowing cresladds a finish of peculiar elegance; andhence Linnseus has dignified the specieswith the title of sponsa or the brideThis splendid bird, according to Nut-tall, is peculiar to America but extendsits residence from the cold regions ofHudsons Bay in the 54th parallel to•uMxn DUCK. Mexico and the Antilles. Throughout ?54 a great part of this vast space, or at

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372 THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUUK. least as far soutli as Florida and the Mississippi territory, the SammerDuck is known to breed. In the interior they are also found in theState of Missouri, and along the woody borders and still streamawhich flow into most of the great north-western lakes of the St. Law-rence. The Summer Duck, so called from its constant residence inthe United States, has indeed but little predilection for the sea coast^its favorite haunts being the solitary, deep, and still waters, ponds,woody lakes, and the mill dams in the interior, making its nest oftenin decayed and hollow trees impending over the water.

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10 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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he spirit andvigor displayed by it whenhooked afford fine sport. Itis peculiarly apt at breakingthe line, a feat sometimesaccomplished by a violentblow of the tail, and some-times by contriving to twisttlie line round a root or post, and giving a sudden jerk. It feeds principally on larvae and molluscs, inhabiting the banks, andobtains them by rooting in the sand with its snout. The Barbels, orbeards, hanging from the upper jaw doubtless assist in these investiga-tions. It frequently grows to a very great size, weighing from fifteentO eighteen pounds, and measuring upwards of three feet in length,^any are captured by nets during the summer, at which season theyfrequent the weedy parts of the river in shoals; but in winter theyft-tire to the shelter afforded by banks and old woodwork. Severalg-Dod swimmers have been known to dive after the Barbel, as they laypressed against the banks, and to bring up one each time, not unfre-quently appearing with two, one in each hand. THE DEVIL FISH.

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rac DETiL vitu. The Sea Devil, or Fishing Frog,is an inhabitant of the British^ieas. It grows to a large size,some being between four and fivefeet long. The fishermen on thatcoast have a great regard for thisfish, from a supposition that it is agreat enemy to the Dog-fish; andwhenever they take it with theirlines, set it at liberty. It is a fishof very great deformity; the headis much bigger than the wholebody; is round at the circumfer-ence, and flat above, the mouthof a prodigious wideness. THE BLENNIES- -FATHER LASHER, ETC. 469 THE BLENNliS. The species of this genusare small, live in shoals, butnot in great numbers: theyare very active and tenaciousof life, and frequent rockycoasts, where they may oftenbe found in the pools ofwater left by the tide, hidingthemselves among the weeds,and in the crevices of therocks.

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8 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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lbatross ; of which three are foundprincipally in the seas of hot climates, and the fourth is confined totliose within the Antarctic Circle. Their bill is straight: the ujipermanolible hooked at the point; and the lower truncated, or appearingas if cut off. The nostrils are oval, wide, prominent, and lateral; thetongue is very small ; and the feet have each three toes, all placed ward. THE WAXDKRIXG ALBATROSS, OB MANOF-WAR BIRD. In size these birds are sometimes as large as a Swan. Their genera.color is white, the upper parts are marked with black lines. The quill 390 THE WANDERING ALBATROSS. feathers are black; and tlie tail is ronndecl, and of a lead color. Thebill is of a pale yellow, and the legs are flesh-colored. These birds are found in most seas, but chiefly in those within theTropics: they are, however, often seen about the Cape of Good Hope;and, towards the end of July, they collect in great numbers in Kamt-schatka, and the seas which separate that part of Asia from America.

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Its powers of fllfjht are exceeding^ great; h ts a?moet constantly on>the wing, and is equilly at ease during the stillest calm, or iying withmeteor-like swiftness before the most fnrions gale. They are exceedingly vonicioips, and feed an variows species of fishaad raolluscse. The shoals of flying-fishy whei> ])ersecnted by theirenemies of the deep, make their a]^|K>alancc for a sf)ort flight in theair^ and suffer greatly from the voi-acity of these birds. They alsooften pursue the shmils of salmon iiitt> tine unsMitlis- of large rivers^ and THE PEUCAN TRIBE IN GENERAL. 391 po ffort^e themselves as, notwithstanding their otherwise extraordinarypoweis of flight, to be prevented by their weight and consequentetupidity even from rising. In the West Indies the appearance of these birds is sa,id to foretellthe arrival of ships; this indeed is sometimes true, and arises from avery natural cause. They always fiah in fine weather; so that whenthe wind is boisterous out at se;a, th

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7 March 2018 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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sh being caught near the island of Sardinia in great abundance, andbeing exported from that island, in barrels, to various parts of theworld, they have obtained, in several countries, the name of /SardineSprats are likewise found in the North Sea and the Baltic. They usually frequent the deep parts of the sea; but in the autumnthey approach the smooth and sandy shores, for the purpose of de-piEditing there thei spawn. THE SHAD. SJcads appear in the river Ehine in the month of March; in the Severn and Thames, and Dela-ware, in April, May, and ^une;and in the Nile in Decemberand January. As soon aathey arrive, they deposit theirspawn in pl*^^es where thecurrent is most rapid; and,some months afterwards, returnto the sea. They ascend the Rhine as far as BmW, where they are caught in nets,and osier baskets or traps. In order to attract them into the latter, thefishermen use a bait of peas, prepared in a certain way with myrrh:this bait is put into a small bag, and suspended in the inside.

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SHAD. 450 TDE ANCUOVY.

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30 January 2018 by Alan

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Title: Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadland
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 Cotton, T. A
Subjects: Birds — England Norfolk Fishes — England Norfolk Mammals — England Norfolk
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EGGS {in situ)dab-chickens {full-page illustration) . . To face pageSEAGULLS AND NESTS To face page To face pageTo face page To face page 268269 To face page 285292296 To face page 304306310312318 319 320 PAGE177179181 183188188196197199205206210223224 22 ^229232236240242254259267 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART II.—BEASTS AND FISHES (mammals, fish, and reptiles) SUNSET ON SALHOUSE BROAD ….FISHING ON HOVETON BROAD …. ON guard ON A NORFOLK RIVER-SIDE …. AN EEL-CABIN ON GREAT HOVETON BROAD .NAT/VES FISHING ON GREAT HOVETON BROAD WOOD-SORREL GREAT HOVETON BROAD PAGE 353365370380 394396 They do not sweat and whine about their condition,They do not He awake in the dark and weep for their sins,They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,Not one is dissatisfied, not one is dementedWith the mania of owning things ;Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago ;Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. —Walt Whitman. PART I.—BIRDS.

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GATHERING SEA-BIRDS EGGS (YORKSHIRE). Papillon, tu es volage !Tu ressemble a mon amant :Lamour est un badinage,Lamour est un passe-temps :Quand jai mon amantJai le coeur content. —Chattsons Populaires.

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9 January 2018 by Alan

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Title: The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Van Doren, Louis Otis, 1863- Clarke, Samuel C Kenworthy, Charles James
Subjects: Fishes — Atlantic Coast Fishing — United States
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trout, that isa very good name to entrap countrymen with. The best time ofthe year to go fishing for tomcods is September, and I know ofno better place than along the docks of the North River, from 110thstreet to Spuyten Duyvel. The rig is the same as is used in flounder fishing, and it is best tofish with a gang of hooks fastened above a hollow round sinker,which must be light. Sandworms are the best bait, and the ebbtide I have always found to be the most successful stage of thewater. There used to be in Harlem Kills an old float and boat-house kept by Sandy Gibson, and from that float, which wasanchored directly over the once famous striped bass spot, theWillows, I enjoyed the most successful pan fishing I have everhad. It was a great place for tomcods and flounders, and off of itI took the big tomcod mentioned above. Tomcods will take thebaited hook when they are no bigger than the little finger, and bitefrom early April to December. The smaller they are the better theyare to eat.

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12 November 2017 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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water is thick. As the winterfipproaches, these haunt? are changed foi<leep and still waters. The Roach is so silly a fish, that it has acquired the name of theWater-sheep^ in contradistinction to the Carp, which from its subtletyis termed the River-fox. Sound as a Boaeh, is a proverb that appearsimt indifferently founded. This is a handsome fish, either in the water or when immediatelytaken out of it. The flesh, although reckoned wholesome, is in littleesteem, on account of the great quantity of bones. When Roach arein season, their scales are very smooth; but when they are out of sea-son, these feel like the rough side of an oyster-shell. Their fins alsoare geneially red when the animals are in perfection. These fishdiffer much in quality, according to the rivers in which they aracaught. None are good that are kept in ponds. Roach feed on aquatic plants and vermes. Their usual weight iafrom half a pound to two pounds. Some, however, have been knownto weigt as much as five pounds.

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454 THE GOLD-FISH. The baits used in catching Roach are various kinds of worms, flies,and pastes. The time for angling is, in mild cloudy weather, all theday; in hot weather, only in the mornings and evenings; and in coldweather; during the middle of the day. THE GOLD-FISH. Gold-fish are natives of China; and the most beautiful kinds are caught in a small lake in the pro-vince of Chekyang, at the foot of amountain called Tsyen-king. Theywere first introduced into Englandabout the year 16J>1, but were notgenerally known till thirty yearsafterwards._ In China they are kept in ponds, or large porcelain vessels, byalmost every person of distinction. In these they are Yery lively andactive, sporting about the surface of the water with great vivacity;but they are so delicate, that, if cannon be fired, or any substancegiving out a powerful smell, as pitch or tar, are barned near them,great numbers will be killed. In each of the ponds or basins wherethey are kept, there is an earthen pan,

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5 November 2017 by Alan

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Title: Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadland
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 Cotton, T. A
Subjects: Birds — England Norfolk Fishes — England Norfolk Mammals — England Norfolk
Publisher: London : D. Nutt
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well known, returning the following springto spawn on the flats of Breydon—at least so say the menof Breydon; whereas I believe the broad-nosed eel spawnsin a weed called lambs tail, to be found on most of thebroads and in the dikes. I have seen this weed full ofelvers. Of course many of the Broadsmen say eels young ; andone old man says he tells by looking into an eels mouthwhether it has young, and he is fully convinced he has takensixteen young elvers out of an eel. But one thing seems certain about the eel: he is capitaleating. A nice silver-bellied eel, from half a pound to a poundweight, is the sweetest fish to eat, as a salt-water eel like theBreydon eel is the most delicately flavoured. Whilst living 2,70 BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES on the Broads I have cooked them in a bouillabaisse, withvegetables ; fried them (skins on); stewed them; and cookedthem a la viatelote. The bouillabaisse is the best way, Ithink, and so prepared they are a dehcate dish, fit for anygood sportsman.

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AN EEL-CABIN ON GREAT HOVETON BROAD. CHAPTER XII THE PERCH As you walk by the rivers where the kingcups blaze, andthe frogs are croaking in the month of April, you will see,perchance, lovely wreaths of perch spawn hanging round thesere amber reed-stalks. And should you unwind one of thesespawn-wreaths from the reed and hold it against the azure,you will find it looks more beautiful still, and recalls a hol-low tubular bracelet, made of pure glass beads. Some ofthese lovely necklets lie on the surface of the water, some farbelow, lying on the weedy depths, most commonly on hair-weed. And if you watch the place closely, you will see theexhausted fish at times lying on the bottom after the spawn-ing is over. When they recover a little they return to thedeepest holes round about, for the perch loves deep waterand a gravel bottom. In these holes they stay feedingravenously on worms, an they can get them, for they bitefuriously and fast after spawning, but are useless for food whencaught. W

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20 October 2017 by Alan

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Title: American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
Publisher: New York, Standard book company
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is kept at the clubhouse of the daily catch, by whom caught, where taken, on what station,the number of fish, weight, and date. Some members of the CuttyhunkClub also belong to the West Island Club, which controls only five acresof land. The West Island Club is limited to thirty members, witli an ad-mission fee of ,000. Professor Leith Adams has drawn a vivid pen-i)icture of Indian Bass-fish-ing in New Brunswick. The Indians (on the St. Johns River) pursue them at spawningtime. The scene on a beautiful summer afternoon is extremely ex-citing. There a i^w canoes containing remnants of the Melicitatribe may be seen dropping quietly down the river, each with an Indianin the prow, spear in hand, and another at the stern paddling gently; thena sudden splash close by calls for his utmost exertions, and like an arrowthe birch-bark skiff is shot towards the spot, when the man in front, rest-ing on his knees, with much force and dexterity sends his three-prongedharpoon straight on the fish.

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THE WHITE BASS. ROCCUS CHRTSOPS. THE WHITE BASS AND THE YELLOW BASS. Subtle. Has he bit? Has he bit? Face. And swallowed too, my Subtle. I have given him line, and now he pkys i faith. Subtle. And shall we twitch him ? Face. Through both the gills. Ben. Jonson, The Alche7nist, 1611, Act. ii, ?c. i. T^HE White Bass, or Striped Lake Bass, Roccus chrysops, is often con-founded with the Striped Bass, which it closely resembles. It mayeasily be distinguished by the presence of thirteen, instead of eleven, softrays in the anal fin, as well as by the greater size of its scales, of whichthere are about fifty-five rows, instead of sixty or more. It is most abundant in the Great Lake region, although it has a widedistribution in the Ohio and upper tributaries of the Mississippi, and isfound in many streams farther south. It frequents chiefly the lakes andponds and the deeper parts of the rivers. It feeds upon minnows and thelike, usually taking the hook readily, and is considered gamy by theano

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9 December 2016 by Alan

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
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generallycrept into some hole or corner to sleep: and it is remarkable that whenperched, or otherwise at rest, it had mostly the head downward, or atleaet even with the body, and not elevated like other birds. These are shy and solitary birds. Like the Woodpeckers theyfrequent woods, and run up and down the trees with surprisingfacility. They often move their tail in the manner of the Wagtail.They do not migrate; but, during the winter, they approach nearer toinhabited places, and are sometimes seen in orchards and gardens. OF THE KINGFISHER TRIBE IN GENERAL. The bill is sharp, triangular, long, straight and thick. Theis fleshy, short, flat and sharp.The feet, except in a few species,are formed for climbing, withthe toes two backward and twoforward. These birds frequent the banksof rivers; living principally onfish, which they catch with greatdexterity. They swallov; theirprey whole but afterwards throwup the indigestible parts. Theirwings are short; yet they fly verygwiftly. tongiio

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THE COMMON KINGFISHER. 133 THE COMMON KINGFISHER. The length of the Kingfisher is seven inches, and its breadth eleven,The bill is nearly two inches long, and black; but the base of thelower mandible is yellow. The top of the head, and the sides of thebody, are of a dark green, marked with transverse spots of blue. Thetail is of a deep blue ; and the other parts of the body are of a duskyorange, white, and black. The legs are red. In the beauty and brilliancy of its plumage, the Common Kingfisherfar excels all the other species of British birds. Its shape is, however,somewhat inelegant, from the great disproportion there is, in size,between the head and bill, and the other parts of the body. Its usual prey consists of the smaller kinds of fish, It frequentlysits on a branch projecting over the current: there it remains motion-less, and often watches whole hours, to catch the moment when a littlefish rises to the surfoce of the water under its station; it dives perpen-dicularly into th

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21 November 2016 by Alan

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Title: The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Van Doren, Louis Otis, 1863- Clarke, Samuel C Kenworthy, Charles James
Subjects: Fishes — Atlantic Coast Fishing — United States
Publisher: New York, The American angler
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ansverse order. The color of thetop of the head is greenish blue; the inside of the mouth yellow;the gill covers lustrous silver; on the lower jaw there is a salmontint. The fins also are of different coloration; the dorsals are biown;the jDectorals a yellowish broAvn; the ventral and anal are orange.On both sides of the head, upon the operculi, are two rudimentaryflattened points. The first dorsal fin is composed of eight rays, which might with])ropriety be called spines. The second dorsal is composed of raysmuch divided. The pectoral fins consist of seventeen branchedrays. The ventral fin of one ray and five imperfect rays, and thecaudal fin has seventeen rays. The weakfish gives amusement to more anglers of the metropolisthan any other fish on our lists. They run in great numbers duringthe summer months and early fall. July, August and Septemberwill be found to be the most successful months for weakfishing.Into every shallow estuary and creek and tide-channel the weakfish •<^;

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FISHES OF THE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. 25 swarm and it is their habit to run in from deep water on the incom-ing tide, the large ones swimming four or five feet below the sur-face. Before the rapacious bluefish came from the South in such num-bers and regularity, the weakfish were much more plentiful on ourcoasts, and though it is a sort oi jjost hoc prop hoc argument, yetmany claim that the gradual decrease in the supply of weakfish isdue to tho bluefishs advent. As above stated, the weakfish can be taken almost anywhere onthe Atlantic cciast from the Chesapeake Bay up to the Connecticutriver, and a few of the best places to take them are the fol-lowing: Princess Bay, reached by way of the South Ferry; Fort Lafay-ette in the Narrows; Newark Bay; up the Long Island Sound atWestchester Creek; at Atlantic City, and at the mouth of the Del-aware river. The nearness of many of these places to the great cities, NewYork, Brooklyn and Philadelphia, gives an opportunity to the an-gler with little

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8 October 2016 by Alan

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Authors: Van Doren, Louis Otis, 1863- Clarke, Samuel C Kenworthy, Charles James
Subjects: Fishes — Atlantic Coast Fishing — United States
Publisher: New York, The American angler
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d while taking Lhe coin out of his mouth hegrasped it between his finger and thumb, and to this day the had-dock bears the marks of the impress of tne apostles thumb andforefinger. They are two black maiks about the size of a three-cent piece immediately behind the head, just where an angler to-daywould grasp a fish to extract the hook from its jaws. The haddock has a distinct black line running along its sides; thesame lateral line in the codfish is white. As regards coloration thehaddock is darker than the codfish. It is a more tasty fish also, andis usually smoked before being brought to market. A celebratedkind of smoked haddock comes from Scotland and th y are knownas • finnan baddies. The haddock is caught pruicipally in winter 76 FISHES OF THE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. by professional fishermen in the neighborhood of Cape Cod, thoughthe extent coastwise of the haddock run, is from Delaware Bay upto northern Maine. The baits used are chopped herrings and some-times salted menhaden.

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CHAPTER XVI. The Menhaden—Alosa menhaden—(Gill.) This seemingly -worthless fish is one of the most important of allthe salt water fishes. There is not one of us, be he a fisherman ornot, who is not interested in the mossbunker. They swarm all alongthe coast, even some distance up the rivers every summer, and uponthe regularity and perpetuity of that migration depends to a greatextent the fish supply of the Eastern Coast cities. The magnetthat draws the great armies of bluefish to our waters is the vastshoals of menhaden that precede them. The best bait for stripedbass in surf-fishing, and, in fact, the material of all chumming,, isthe mossbunker. I have seen great collections of these menhadenascending the Soimd, and next day following a school of porpoises,rolling, tossing and diving in merry style through the water. The great use the menhaden are put to is in making fish oil, andright here lies a very threatening danger to our coast fishing. S^inenets are made that cover acres,

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20 August 2016 by Alan

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
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variably refusing all except living animals, or such asare not in the least degree putrid. And the fishermen assert, thatthey are never to be caught with baits which have been bitten byother fish. In many parts of England, Turbot and Holibut are sold indiscrimi-nately for each other. They are, however, perfectly distinct; theupper parts of the former being marked with large, unequal, andobtuse tubercles; while those of the latter are quite smooth, andcovered with oblong soft scales, that adhere firmly to the body. Theeyes of the Turbot also are on the left, whilst those of the Holibut areon the right of the head. Holibuts are sometimes caught of such immense size, on the north-em coasts of England, as to weigh from two to three hundred pounds.Olafsen speaks of having seen one in Iceland, which measured fivtjells in length. The Greenlanders employ the membrane of the stomach of th«Holibut, in place of glass for their windows. THE TURBOT, AND nOLIEUT. 425 riiTinimOTraiiTT.;!?^^ filllib

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The Turbot is most active in the night tim., when perhaps is cncm e.are les^ vi<.ilant; and in the .lay time it lies at the bottom with its cl a Ls deTppermost, and is consequently difficult to bo ^^-^-^-f^f ,.,/^ ^said that when apprehensive of danger it will remain periectly still. 426 THE BEAKED CH^TODON TOE PLAISE AND FLOUNDER. The general habits both of the Plaise and Flounder, reseinble thoseof all the other flat-fish. These fish areeach found in great abundance in mostof the European seas. Flounders oftenascend rivers, and occasionally even sofar as to be beyond the immediateinfluence of the tides.

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15 February 2016 by Alan

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Title: American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
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TUE ELKUlEAN SUAD. It is very closely allied to the European species, but is a much finer fish.The English care little for their shad, though in France the same speciesis highly esteemed. The following account of our Shad is from the pen of Col. MarshallMacDonald, who has made it a subject of special study for many years : The Shad is found along the whole Atlantic coast of the United States,and its capture constitutes one of the most important fisheries in all thestreams draining into the Atlantic between the Gulf of St. Lawrence andthe St. Johns River, Florida. It is but rarely seen on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, but occurs inthe Gulf of St. Lawrence, the various rivers of which it ascends as farnorth as the Miramichi, which seems to be its limit in that direction, nonehaving been seen in the Bay of Chaleur. Throughout its entire range the Shad is found in sufficient quantities togive rise to fisheries of great commercial value. There is no run of Shadin any of the rivers dra

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