First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... WHALES , & c . ORDER I. OPOSSUM , KANGAROO II . RAT , HARE , SQUIRREL III - SLOTII , ANT - EATER IV . - Ox , Deer V. ELEPHANT , RHINOCEROS VI . - WHALE , PORPOISE . VII - LION , TIGER , BEAR ,, VIII . HEDGE - HOG , SHREW IX . - BATS X ...
... WHALES , & c . ORDER I. OPOSSUM , KANGAROO II . RAT , HARE , SQUIRREL III - SLOTII , ANT - EATER IV . - Ox , Deer V. ELEPHANT , RHINOCEROS VI . - WHALE , PORPOISE . VII - LION , TIGER , BEAR ,, VIII . HEDGE - HOG , SHREW IX . - BATS X ...
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... whale . The head has six of the wing - like appendages , which appear of a reddish tint from the number of distinct red spots scattered over their surface , and amounting on each to about 300 . Every one of these specks , when examined ...
... whale . The head has six of the wing - like appendages , which appear of a reddish tint from the number of distinct red spots scattered over their surface , and amounting on each to about 300 . Every one of these specks , when examined ...
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... Whales , and Quadrupeds . ) Two of these , Fishes and Reptiles , are , with few excep- tions , cold - blooded ; and the remaining two , Birds and Mammalia , are warm - blooded . VOL . II . A CLASS I. - FISHES . PISCES . " They that 129.
... Whales , and Quadrupeds . ) Two of these , Fishes and Reptiles , are , with few excep- tions , cold - blooded ; and the remaining two , Birds and Mammalia , are warm - blooded . VOL . II . A CLASS I. - FISHES . PISCES . " They that 129.
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... whale , and that whenever it drives its sword- like beak into the hull of a ship at sea , the vessel has been mis- taken for that animal . The force with which this is done must be very consider- able , for not only is the copper ...
... whale , and that whenever it drives its sword- like beak into the hull of a ship at sea , the vessel has been mis- taken for that animal . The force with which this is done must be very consider- able , for not only is the copper ...
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... Whale , live in the sea . Tortoises are distinguished from all other reptiles by having the body enclosed between two shields , with apertures for the head , the tail , and the four legs . The jaws are horny and without teeth . They may ...
... Whale , live in the sea . Tortoises are distinguished from all other reptiles by having the body enclosed between two shields , with apertures for the head , the tail , and the four legs . The jaws are horny and without teeth . They may ...
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Acorn-shells adapted animals appearance arms arranged Baleen Whale beak beautiful Bees beetles belonging birds Bittern BLACK-HEADED GULL BOAT-FLY body British CARNIVORA Cetacea coasts colour common covering crab creature Crustacea Cuttle-fish deposited distinguished earth Earth-worm edible crab eggs exhibit eyes Falcons feathers feet female fins fish flight floating furnished gills habits head Horse-leech inches INFUSORIA inhabitants insects Ireland islands jaws known larvæ Leech legs length Limpet living Lizards Lobster lower MAGNIFIED male membranous Mollusca Mollusks Monkeys mouth mussel naturalists nest NORTHERN DIVER Opossums organs Owls oyster peculiar Pinna placed poet Polypes possess pouch present order prey quadrupeds rays regarded remarkable represented reptiles resemble scientific name Sea-urchin sea-water seen Sharks shell shores silk singular Star-fish Stickle-back structure substance suckers surface Swallow tail teeth tentacula Teredo term tion Tortoises trees tribes Vultures WASPS Whale wings worms young ZOEA