First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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Page 45
... male and female , who were skilful in the art of healing . Thus , in the ancient Ballad of Sir Cauline , the king calls upon the princess to exercise her skill on behalf of the wounded knight : - " Come down , come down , my daughter ...
... male and female , who were skilful in the art of healing . Thus , in the ancient Ballad of Sir Cauline , the king calls upon the princess to exercise her skill on behalf of the wounded knight : - " Come down , come down , my daughter ...
Page 65
... male in one side of his garden , while he put a female in the other at liberty , which began to leap so soon as Fig . 48. - IcuNEUMON . Fig . 49.- CALOSOMA . she heard the crink of the male , and immediately came to him — an experiment ...
... male in one side of his garden , while he put a female in the other at liberty , which began to leap so soon as Fig . 48. - IcuNEUMON . Fig . 49.- CALOSOMA . she heard the crink of the male , and immediately came to him — an experiment ...
Page 73
... MALE GLOW - WORM . Fig . 61 . FEMALE GLOW - WORM . Ireland , the female , being soft and wingless , does not seem to belong to the present order ; but the male is possessed of wing - covers , and of expansive wings , by means of which ...
... MALE GLOW - WORM . Fig . 61 . FEMALE GLOW - WORM . Ireland , the female , being soft and wingless , does not seem to belong to the present order ; but the male is possessed of wing - covers , and of expansive wings , by means of which ...
Page 82
... males and females rise together into the air ; the males soon perish : some of the females retire to their original home , and others , casting their wings aside , become the solitary founders of industri- ous and populous cities . On ...
... males and females rise together into the air ; the males soon perish : some of the females retire to their original home , and others , casting their wings aside , become the solitary founders of industri- ous and populous cities . On ...
Page 83
... males , females , and neuters . The males and females are produced only to- wards autumn ; the males and neuters die as the season advances , and each of the widowed females who survives.
... males , females , and neuters . The males and females are produced only to- wards autumn ; the males and neuters die as the season advances , and each of the widowed females who survives.
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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