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9.42 CHAP. 42. (26.)—FISHES WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR.

The mæna changes [Note] its white colour, and in summer becomes swarthy. The phycis [Note] also changes its colour, and

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while at other times it is white, in spring it is parti-coloured. This last is the only fish that builds itself a nest; it makes it of sea-weed, and there deposits its eggs.



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