First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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Página 39
... feet to carry it along , and as arms to seize and master its prey . No one can rightly estimate the beauty and singu- larity of their mechanism , who has not seen them in action . Let any one , when opportunity offers , pick up from the ...
... feet to carry it along , and as arms to seize and master its prey . No one can rightly estimate the beauty and singu- larity of their mechanism , who has not seen them in action . Let any one , when opportunity offers , pick up from the ...
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... feet The waters of the pools where they abide . Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere , and find them where I may . " Resolution and Independence . The supply of ...
... feet The waters of the pools where they abide . Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere , and find them where I may . " Resolution and Independence . The supply of ...
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... are placed on the ground . In one place , at an elevation of 3,900 feet above the level of the sea , their burrows render it unsafe to ride over many parts of the mountain . CLASS V. - INSECTS . INSECTA . " The insect LAND - CRABS . 63.
... are placed on the ground . In one place , at an elevation of 3,900 feet above the level of the sea , their burrows render it unsafe to ride over many parts of the mountain . CLASS V. - INSECTS . INSECTA . " The insect LAND - CRABS . 63.
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... feet , as the Millipede ( Julus , Fig . 97. ) Fig . 97. - JULUS . II . Spring - tails , ( Fig . 98 ) . Their forked tail is kept under the body when not in use ; when unbent it acts as a spring , and has given origin to the English name ...
... feet , as the Millipede ( Julus , Fig . 97. ) Fig . 97. - JULUS . II . Spring - tails , ( Fig . 98 ) . Their forked tail is kept under the body when not in use ; when unbent it acts as a spring , and has given origin to the English name ...
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... feet long , which added to the tentacula , would make it seven feet in length . We have , in these countries , no positive evidence of the existence of any Cuttle - fish of larger dimensions , but the general preva- lence of such belief ...
... feet long , which added to the tentacula , would make it seven feet in length . We have , in these countries , no positive evidence of the existence of any Cuttle - fish of larger dimensions , but the general preva- lence of such belief ...
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Acorn-shells adapted annexed figure Fig appearance arms arranged beak beautiful beetles belonging birds Bittern Black-headed Gull body CARNIVORA Cetacea coasts colour common consists constitute covering crab creature Crustacea Cuttle-fish different species distinguished earth edible crab eggs Entozoa exhibit existence eyes feathers feet female fins fish flight floating four furnished gills habits head Horse-leech inches INFUSORIA inhabitants insects Ireland islands jaws known larvæ Leech legs length living lower MAGNIFIED membranous Mollusca Mollusks Monkeys mouth mussel naturalists nest NORTHERN DIVER Opossums organs Owls oyster peculiar PELICAN ISLAND Pinna placed poet Polypes possess pouch present order prey quadrupeds rays regarded remarkable reptiles resemble scientific name sea-water seen shell shores silk singular Soft-bodied animals Star-fish Stickle-back stomach structure substance suckers surface Swallow tail teeth tentacula Teredo term tion Tortoises trees tribes vegetable vertebrate vertebrate animals Vultures Whale wings worms young Zoea
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Página 41 - He with a smile did then his words repeat ; And said, that gathering leeches, far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side, But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.
Página 185 - Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Página 173 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 237 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Página 180 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Página 73 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Página 140 - Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea...
Página 155 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: The spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Página 222 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Página 171 - The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, The plain-song cuckoo gray, Whose note full many a man doth mark, And dares not answer, nay...