This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...They are clustered on the rocks, waiting for the returning tide. There are two species of littorines, looking like Figures 48 and 49, only many of them are not so large as the pictures would indicate. They are modest little shells, of a dark gray color, Fl&-49' like the rocks on which they rest, and they are able to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...They are clustered on the rocks, waiting for the returning tide. There are two species of littorines, looking like Figures 48 and 49, only many of them are not so large as the pictures would indicate. They are modest little shells, of a dark gray color, Fl&-49' like the rocks on which they rest, and they are able to resist thirst and drought for a long time, as their shells are tightly shut by a close-fitting operculum. But if you put them in sea-water they quickly revive, and their little black bodies go creeping rapidly over the rocky surface, and their rough tongues rasp off the green coating which gathers on wet stones. There is also a plenty of limFigure 5o. pets of different species, but these we have already considered, so we pass on to a group of strong, black shells whose owners have met together on the sheltered side of a big rock. They are the Turban-shells, and there are various species of these, also, --Figure 51. Black Turbans, Brown Turbans, Red Turbans, and Blue Turbans, as well as others which you do not often find. The Black Turbans are by far the most numerous. You see a picture of one in Figure 50. Their shells are strong and heavy, enabling them to resist the knocking of the waves. InFigure52. side, they are beautifully pearly, like the abalone. The aperture is closed by a circular, horny front door. The little black animals are vegetable-eaters, like the littorines, and they assist greatly in keeping the rocks clean and fresh. A little nearer the water are the Brown Turbans (Figure 51). In fact, they seldom come up far from the lower tide limits, though you may find them alive in caves Figure as. and pools when the tide is low. They are much prettier than their black cousins, but they are far less numerous. The Blue Turbans (Figure ..
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