A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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Page 134
... scales lar- ger than that of the cod ; and on each slde of the jaw are seven or eight punctures . * Considerable quantities of Cod fish are taken every year at Nan- tucket Shoals , and at the Isles of Shoals , on the coasts of New Eng ...
... scales lar- ger than that of the cod ; and on each slde of the jaw are seven or eight punctures . * Considerable quantities of Cod fish are taken every year at Nan- tucket Shoals , and at the Isles of Shoals , on the coasts of New Eng ...
Page 137
... scales are hardly visible . Some naturalists describe this fish as having two dorsal fins ; while others say it has but one . This contra- diction must arise from these fins being sometimes united by a membrane , and sometimes not . THE ...
... scales are hardly visible . Some naturalists describe this fish as having two dorsal fins ; while others say it has but one . This contra- diction must arise from these fins being sometimes united by a membrane , and sometimes not . THE ...
Page 140
... scales ; the aper- ture is wide , and the bronchial membrane is in great part naked . The scales on the body are small , and lie one over the other like tiles on a house . The lateral line con- sists of little risings and white points ...
... scales ; the aper- ture is wide , and the bronchial membrane is in great part naked . The scales on the body are small , and lie one over the other like tiles on a house . The lateral line con- sists of little risings and white points ...
Page 149
... , and covered with large scales ; it has one large back fin , which consists of sixteen sharp spiny rays , and nine soft ones . The tail consists of four- teen soft branching rays , and is rounded at the G3 THE GILT - HEAD GENUS . 149.
... , and covered with large scales ; it has one large back fin , which consists of sixteen sharp spiny rays , and nine soft ones . The tail consists of four- teen soft branching rays , and is rounded at the G3 THE GILT - HEAD GENUS . 149.
Page 151
... scales very rough ; the back much arched ; side - line near the back . The irides gold- en ; the teeth small , disposed in the jaws , and on the roof of the mouth ; the edges of the covers of the gills ser- rated ; on the lower end of ...
... scales very rough ; the back much arched ; side - line near the back . The irides gold- en ; the teeth small , disposed in the jaws , and on the roof of the mouth ; the edges of the covers of the gills ser- rated ; on the lower end of ...
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Page 107 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud and excites them to the attack. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization presents a very striking spectacle.
Page 184 - May to begin their expedition ; and then sally out by thousands from the stumps of hollow trees, from the clefts of rocks, and from the holes which they dig for themselves under the surface of the earth. At that time the whole ground is covered with this band of adventurers; there is no setting down one's foot without treading upon them.
Page 34 - THE cormorant is about the size of a large Muscovy duck, and may be distinguished from all other birds of this kind, by its four toes being united by membranes together ; and by the middle toe being toothed, or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy prey. The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness ; and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull.
Page 154 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling...
Page 13 - I have heard one of them, with a loud, long note, sound a kind of charge, to which the rest punctually attended, and they pursued their journey with renewed alacrity. Their flight is very regularly arranged ; they either go in a line abreast, or in two lines, joining in an angle in the middle.
Page 270 - These erect and put themselves in motion at the word of command. When their keeper sings a slow tune, they seem by their heads to keep time ; when he sings a quicker measure, they appear to move more brisk and...
Page 83 - THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen...
Page 228 - Chatsworth, with the print of a toad upon it, and a tradition of the manner in which it was found. In the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences there is an account of a toad found alive and healthy in the heart of a very thick elm without the smallest entrance or egress.
Page 36 - They hunt about, they plunge, they rise a hundred times to the surface, until they have at last found their prey. They then seize it with their beak by the middle, and carry it without fail to their master. When the fish is too large, they then give each other mutual assistance : one seizes it by the head, the other by the tail, and in this manner carry it to the boat together.
Page 269 - He then saw the manner in which the eggs of these animals lie in the womb. In this creature there were six eggs, each of the size of a goose egg, but longer, more pointed, and covered with a membranous skin, by which also they were united to each other. Each of these eggs contained from thirteen to fifteen young ones, about six inches long, and as thick as a goose-quill. Though the female from...