First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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Page 36
... pouch of the Opossum or Kangaroo . Here the ova are hatched ; and for the space of eleven successive days during which this process is going on , the female Star - fish has been known to remain with the body bent up , as represented in ...
... pouch of the Opossum or Kangaroo . Here the ova are hatched ; and for the space of eleven successive days during which this process is going on , the female Star - fish has been known to remain with the body bent up , as represented in ...
Page 140
... pouch of the female Kanga- roo ; but , strange to say , among the Pipe - fishes , the marsu- pial pouch belongs not to the female but to the male . In the month of July , the young are hatched and quit the pouch , but they follow their ...
... pouch of the female Kanga- roo ; but , strange to say , among the Pipe - fishes , the marsu- pial pouch belongs not to the female but to the male . In the month of July , the young are hatched and quit the pouch , but they follow their ...
Page 157
... pouch which they can inflate with air . The Geckos or nocturnal Lizards , have a peculiar structure of the feet , by means of which they are enabled to ascend walls , and can even run along ceilings . Perhaps , however , there are no ...
... pouch which they can inflate with air . The Geckos or nocturnal Lizards , have a peculiar structure of the feet , by means of which they are enabled to ascend walls , and can even run along ceilings . Perhaps , however , there are no ...
Page 213
... pouch , * in which the immature young are received and nourished , and to which they retreat for safety . The Kangaroos and Opossums are familiar examples . The Kangaroos of Aus- tralia are vegetable - feeding animals , which browze ...
... pouch , * in which the immature young are received and nourished , and to which they retreat for safety . The Kangaroos and Opossums are familiar examples . The Kangaroos of Aus- tralia are vegetable - feeding animals , which browze ...
Page 214
... pouch . In another moment the head peeped out , and the young creature began gazing around . The mother then bent down , and with great tenderness began licking its face and head . These endear- ments being finished , the young one came ...
... pouch . In another moment the head peeped out , and the young creature began gazing around . The mother then bent down , and with great tenderness began licking its face and head . These endear- ments being finished , the young one came ...
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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