He described to her how newts, during the breeding season, live in the water, subsisting upon tadpoles, insect larvae, and crustaceans; how, later, they make their way to the land and eat slugs and worms; and how the newly born newt has three pairs of long, plumlike, external gills.

HOW TO DISTINGUISH MUSHROOMS FROM TOADSTOOLS.The cultivated mushroom, known as Agaricus campestris, may be distinguished from other poisonous kinds of fungi by its having pink or flesh-coloured gills, or under-side, and by its invariably having an agreeable smell, which the toadstool has not.

He described to her how newts, during the breeding season, live in the water, subsisting upon tadpoles, insect larvae, and crustaceans; how, later, they make their way to the land and eat slugs and worms; and how the newly born newt has three pairs of long, plumlike, external gills.

what rosy gills!

Then Quiet led me up the huddling rill, Bright'ning with water-breaks the sombrous gill; 1793.

They strain off matters held in suspension in the water, by means of their siphons and ciliated gills.

The gills flat, unarmed; pectoral fin subacute, triangular; ventral fin triangular, supported by a very strong first ray; dorsal and anal fins rounded.

4 gills = 1 pint = 3-1/2 teacupsful, or nearly 2 breakfastcupsful.