Sketches of British Sporting Fishes
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A low, flat head, large eyes, wide, gaping mouth, and body covered with slimy mucus — these hardly go to form a pleasant picture. To the juvenile poacher the miller's- thumb is probably never so popular as the silvery minnow or the spined stickleback ; but one pe- culiarity it has over these, and that is its chameleon-like colours. Of a dozen specimens caught no two are alike. He is yellow, brown, black, green, creamy ; and doubtless these vary- ing colours are due to the hues of the streams he... inhabits. In summer he indulges himself, lying on some flat stone for hours, and there taking his midday siesta. The bullhead is even more formidable to handle than to look at, being all over protected by spiny armour. The spines are mostly carried on the fins, and these are frequently used with considerable effect. The birds of the 76 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES.
waterside often find that they have caught a veritable tartar when they pounce upon the bullhead ; and Frank Buckland tells us that he once received a little Grebe (Porfeceps minor) choked by a miller's-thumb.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A low, flat head, large eyes, wide, gaping mouth, and body covered with slimy mucus — these hardly go to form a pleasant picture. To the juvenile poacher the miller's- thumb is probably never so popular as the silvery minnow or the spined stickleback ; but one pe- culiarity it has over these, and that is its chameleon-like colours. Of a dozen specimens caught no two are alike. He is yellow, brown, black, green, creamy ; and doubtless these vary- ing colours are due to the hues of the streams he... inhabits. In summer he indulges himself, lying on some flat stone for hours, and there taking his midday siesta. The bullhead is even more formidable to handle than to look at, being all over protected by spiny armour. The spines are mostly carried on the fins, and these are frequently used with considerable effect. The birds of the 76 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES.
waterside often find that they have caught a veritable tartar when they pounce upon the bullhead ; and Frank Buckland tells us that he once received a little Grebe (Porfeceps minor) choked by a miller's-thumb.
What to read after Sketches of British Sporting Fishes?
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