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19. Young Butterflyingfish caught with net in slick one
mile from land. 96
20. Sargassum Fish among its floating weed. 97
21. The gorge through which I fought my way to sea. 100
22. On calm days the tidepools of Nonsuch can be ex-
plored for rare fish. 101
23. A truce is declared at low tide on the Battlefield
of the Shore. 108
24. The plants of the sea (upper) and of the land
(lower) almost meet at the tidepool's edge. 109
25. The passive resistance of the Sea Anemone enables it
to live and thrive in the zone of crashing breakers. 112
26. The periscope eyes of the Peacock Flounder. 113
27. Nonsuch Island from the air. The laboratories are
visible, and the coral reefs from one to five
fathoms deep. 128
28. Wading birds on migration. 129
29. The bird blind at South Beach, Nonsuch, and the
giant binoculars in action. 132
30. Nestling Yellow-billed Tropicbird or Longtail. 133
31. Nestling Cahow or Audubon's Shearwater taken
from its crevice nest on Idol Island. 140
32. Nest, egg, and nestling Cahow, from Green Island. 141
33. Longtail on nest and parent Cahow. 144
34. Longtail nesting near the fatal arch on Nonsuch. 145
35. Nonsuch in the calm of a perfect day. 160
36. Nonsuch quivering in the grip of a hurricane. 161
37. Shark-sucker clinging to the breast of a shark. 176
38. Great Blue Shark embryo. Observe the perfect
mouth and fins, the large eyes, external gills and
yolk sac. 177
39. Land Crab in position of attack, and (lower) blow-
ing out a mass of acrid bubbles as a last means of
defense. 192
40. A group of Wanderer Crabs, Planes minutus, show-
ing extremes of variation in pattern. 193
41. The way of a Snail upon the rocks. 208
42. Where the jointed armor of the Chitons defies the
pounding of the surf. 209

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Publication Information: Book Title: Nonsuch: Land of Water. Contributors: William Beebe - author, New York Zoological Society - orgname. Publisher: Brewer, Warren & Putnam. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1932. Page Number: xiv.
    
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