Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated AnimalsA. Constable & Company, Limited, 1905 - 310 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... common use , viz . , Quadrupeds , " Beasts , " or " Animals . " For lizards are quadrupeds , and the converse of animal is clearly vegetable or mineral . Beasts might be re- tained , but that it has a somewhat insulting suggestion . The ...
... common use , viz . , Quadrupeds , " Beasts , " or " Animals . " For lizards are quadrupeds , and the converse of animal is clearly vegetable or mineral . Beasts might be re- tained , but that it has a somewhat insulting suggestion . The ...
Pagina 14
... common centre . Now a proper classification is one which most nearly represents true relationship ; this may seem to be a remark hardly worth making , on account of obviousness . But nevertheless the history of the classifications of ...
... common centre . Now a proper classification is one which most nearly represents true relationship ; this may seem to be a remark hardly worth making , on account of obviousness . But nevertheless the history of the classifications of ...
Pagina 15
... common ancestry but likeness of structure , which is more or less marked according to the degree of relation- ship . But here we leave the region of fact for that of inference . Palæontology , in proportion to the com- pleteness of the ...
... common ancestry but likeness of structure , which is more or less marked according to the degree of relation- ship . But here we leave the region of fact for that of inference . Palæontology , in proportion to the com- pleteness of the ...
Pagina 19
... common porpoise is the only type that has ever been exhibited at the Zoological Gardens . We shall therefore omit them in the present book . § ORDER PRIMATES : MONKEYS AND MAN What we are It is not our business here to enter into ...
... common porpoise is the only type that has ever been exhibited at the Zoological Gardens . We shall therefore omit them in the present book . § ORDER PRIMATES : MONKEYS AND MAN What we are It is not our business here to enter into ...
Pagina 21
... common in other groups , especially the Ungulata , not being met with here to the extent of more than one digit . Again , the Primates are hairy creatures , and are never spiny or naked . The nails upon the fingers and toes are to a ...
... common in other groups , especially the Ungulata , not being met with here to the extent of more than one digit . Again , the Primates are hairy creatures , and are never spiny or naked . The nails upon the fingers and toes are to a ...
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Africa allies American amphibians anaconda animal ant-eater apes appears aquatic armadillo Australia axolotl baboon bear beast birds body bones bony burrowing carnivorous Catarrhines Ceratodus chamæleon characters chimpanzee claws colour common crane creatures crocodiles cuckoo deer eggs elephant external extinct fact feathers feet fish frogs gecko genus gills gorilla green gull habit hair hind hippopotamus hoatzin hornbills horns hues hyæna iguana inhabitants kangaroos kind known lama legend lemurs leopard limbs living lizards lungs mammalia mammals marsupials matter monkeys nature neck nest Old World organ Orycteropus penguin Platyrrhine porcupine possess pouch reptiles rhinoceros rodent seems seen skin skull sloth slow-worm snakes snowy owl South America species specimens spots storks structure tadpoles tail tapir teeth thylacine tiger toad toes tortoises tree tribe types Ungulata Ungulates vertebrates viper voice wild young zebra Zoological Gardens Zoological Society
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Pagina 86 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Pagina 269 - Ascension, has brought in several turtles of above 300 pounds weight, which have been sold at a very high price. It may be noted, that which is common in the West Indies is a luxury here." And, once more, in the same publication, for 1754, we read, " Saturday, July 13, the Right Hon. the Lord Anson, made a present to the gentlemen of White's chocolate house, of a turtle, which weighed 300 pounds weight, and which laid five eggs since in their possession.
Pagina 210 - It covers up the eggs, and leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sun...
Pagina 269 - Friday, Aug. 31 , a turtle, weighing 350 pounds, was eat at the King's Arms Tavern, Pall- Mall ; the mouth of an oven was taken down to admit the part to be baked.
Pagina 42 - ... it is a noise so unearthly that, heard unexpectedly for the first time, it would fill the mind with the most melancholy and fearful foreboding.
Pagina 25 - I hippopotamus, and all London society rushed to "leave its cards" on the "little stranger;" so that there was hardly an exaggeration in the words of a poem, by Theodore Hook, in Blackwood: — " The folks in town are nearly wild To go and see the monkey-child, In Gardens of Zoology, Whose proper name is Chimpanzee. To keep this baby free from hurt, He's dressed in a cap and a Guernsey shirt; They 've got him a nurse, and he sits on her knee, And she calls him her Tommy Chimpanzee.
Pagina 105 - Topsell m informs us that the ichneumon burrows in the sand, and " when the aspe espyeth her threatening rage, presently turning about her taile, provoketh the ichneumon to combate, and with an open mouth and lofty head doth enter the list, to her owne perdition. For the ichneumon being nothing afraid of this great bravado, receiveth the encounter, and taking the head of the aspe in his mouth biteth that off to prevent the casting out of her poison.
Pagina 269 - France, they are in the highest estimation. In Jamaica they are even preserved in parks ; and their flesh is sold in the shops at a less price than that of beef and mutton. From this last island in particular is our turtle-eating metropolis supplied with immense quantities of this luxurious food. It would be quite superfluous to descant on the enthusiastic veneration in which turtle- soup is held by our wealthy and discerning fellow citizens.