Earth-worm 438 Edible Frog. ... ..... Eel, electrical.. 333 head........... 393 Electric Ray 332 | Grampus 291 Elephant. 34 Grasshopper 395 Lama .... ........... ... Page 294 10 Moth, magpie, Mule ............ 197 Panther 7 ....... Pegasus ......... 462 ... 346 86 ... 24 Plaice Plantlouse Plover, great... 241 Pointer. Ninekiller 92 ............ Page 264 241 ..... 78 54 27 Rat.. 84 81 86 Rhinoceros 32 Ring-dove 190 327 178 193 Rook Pismire......................... 405 Sardine 425 Saw-fish 142 111 116 Sea-cow Porcupine...... 97 Sea-wolf.. 314 287 273 26 Page Sloth .............. 103 Sword-fish....... 289 Smelt............ 317 ........ Snake Snake, Rattle... 364 Sphinx .......... 450 5 Toad 372 432 Trout 315 Spoonbill 234 Trumpet-fish 340 ... Sprat 316 ........ 461 231 Stork ......... .......... Page Page ......... 339 Wagtail 434 Walking Leaf.. 400 Tape-worm...... 438 Water-crake.. Throstle.. Whale, sperma- 271 299 Viper, horned 362 Zoophytes....... 44 .................... Yellowhammer 225 TERMS USED IN NATURAL HISTORY. Annulated. Antenna. Antlers. Aquatic. Bifid. Bivalve. Callosity. Canine. Carnivorous. Cere. AMPHIBIOUS. Capable of living both on the land and in the water. Animalcules. Small animals, visible only with the assistance of the microscope. The horns or feelers of insects. Cetaceous. Cinereous. Cordiform. Digitated. Dorsal. Elytra. EXPLANATION OF With two spots, or two series of spots. A hard lump, an excrescence. Of the dog kind. A skin over the bill of birds; sometimes moveable, as in parrots. Of the whale kind. Of the colour of ashes. Of the dove or pigeon kind. Heart-shaped. Covered with a shell or crust; as lobsters, crabs, &c. Having the feet divided into toes or fingers; as in cats and dogs. Belonging to the back. Exsanguineous. Without blood, as worms. Entomology. The wing-cases of insects of the beetle tribe. The antennæ or horns of insects. Belonging to the hen kind. The time of going with young. Feeding on grain. Associating together. Feeding on grass. The horny substance that protects the external part of the foot in some quadrupeds. Ichthyology. Incubation. Larva Lateral. Migratory. Nictitating. Obfuscated. Oviparous. Parturition. Passerine. Pectoral. Pendulous. Piscivorous. Predaceous. Proboscis. Scapulars. Semilunar. Setaceous. Spiral. Striated. Subulated. Tentacula Testaceous. Trifurcated. Umbrageous. Ventral. Vertebrated. Viviparous. Zoologists. A description of fishes. Tiled or plated over each other. In the form of, or covered with, plates or scales. Belonging to the side, placed sideways. Upper and lower, the two divisions of a bird's beak. With many shells or openings. Winking: applied to a membrane with which birds The act of bringing forth young. Feeding on fishes. Formed to pursue prey. The flexible trunk of the elephant, bee, &c. Animals of the serpent tribe, with legs. Chewing the cud. Rough. Shoulders. In the form of a half-moon. Having bristles or strong hairs. Winding like a screw. Formed like an awl. The feelers of worms. Covered with a shell, as oysters. Appearing as if cut off. With one shell or opening. Having a jointed spine-bone. Bringing forth the young alive. Connected with a membrane, as the claws of aquatic birds. Writers on animated nature. The history of animated nature. An animal plant, or sensitive vegetable. |