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CONTENTS.
Ramble coastwards to Hopkins, 20; Wild Flowers, 21; Emu Wren, 21; Shells in Pertrobe Lagoon, 22; Gentiana montana, 22; Wombat, 23; Botanic Gardens, 23; Sea-Anemones, 24; Their Voracity, 25; Prehensile Tentacles, 26; Urticating Organs, 27; Used as Food, 28; Alyxia luxifolia, 29; Wedge-tailed Eagle, 29.
Vignette: Terebella.
Sea Eggs—their spines and suckers, 31; The Caves, 33; Purpura and Ear-shells, 33; Hermit Crab, 34; Crab clothed with Algae, 35; Birds of the Sea-shore, 36.
Vignette: Hippocampus or Sea Horse.
Corio Bay, 38; Naturalist at home everywhere, 38; Occupation at Seaside, 39; Gulls, Cormorants, Pelicans, Oyster Catcher, Greenshank, and Grebe, 39; Collecting Paraphernalia, 41; Aviculæ, 41; Planaria, 42; Its Eyes, 42; Nereis, 43; Terebella, 43; Serpulæ, 43; Kangaroo Crab, 46; Pipe Fishes—male performs duties of incubation, 47; Sharks, Sea Cucumbers—their strange habits, 48.
Vignette: Kangaroo Crab (Ibacus Peronii.)
Hobson's Bay, St. Kilda, Brighton, 50; Coast Plants, 51; Squids—their habits and structure, 52; Mighty Krackens 55; Sting-Ray, 55; Zoophytes, 56; Errors of early Naturalists respecting them, 58.
Vignette: Fossil Spatangi and Terebratulæ.
