First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... eye cannot perceive . These creatures differ widely from each other in size , structure , and habits . Some of them are fitted to bear the cold of the arctic regions , and some to live under the scorching heat of the tropics . They ...
... eye cannot perceive . These creatures differ widely from each other in size , structure , and habits . Some of them are fitted to bear the cold of the arctic regions , and some to live under the scorching heat of the tropics . They ...
Page 10
... eye to have undergone little change . But if a drop be taken from the surface and placed under the microscope , it will exhibit such a multitude of living beings swimming about , that the spectacle cannot be looked upon for the first ...
... eye to have undergone little change . But if a drop be taken from the surface and placed under the microscope , it will exhibit such a multitude of living beings swimming about , that the spectacle cannot be looked upon for the first ...
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... eye , both by their glassy trans- parency and by their brilliant hues ( Fig . 16 ) . In the structure SEA - NETTLES . 29 of their frail and gelatinous. Fig . 16. - JELLY - FISH . Fig . 17. - VELELLA . 28 ORDER 59 -SEA-NETTLES -STAR-FISHES.
... eye , both by their glassy trans- parency and by their brilliant hues ( Fig . 16 ) . In the structure SEA - NETTLES . 29 of their frail and gelatinous. Fig . 16. - JELLY - FISH . Fig . 17. - VELELLA . 28 ORDER 59 -SEA-NETTLES -STAR-FISHES.
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... eye very much the same appear- ance as the worm - shaped animals which have just been mentioned among the Star - fishes . But an examination of the internal structure shows that they are essentially distinct . The nerves , as may be ...
... eye very much the same appear- ance as the worm - shaped animals which have just been mentioned among the Star - fishes . But an examination of the internal structure shows that they are essentially distinct . The nerves , as may be ...
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... eyes have seen and our hands have touched , we shall declare . There is a small island in Lancashire , called the Pile of Foulders , wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships , some whereof have been cast thither by ...
... eyes have seen and our hands have touched , we shall declare . There is a small island in Lancashire , called the Pile of Foulders , wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships , some whereof have been cast thither by ...
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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