Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated AnimalsA. Constable & Company, Limited, 1905 - 310 pagini |
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... fact , fall into only about a dozen main groups or Phyla . At the bottom of the series we have the unicellular organisms , as a rule of minutely microscopic size and rarely visible at all to the naked eye ; these comprise an infinite ...
... fact , fall into only about a dozen main groups or Phyla . At the bottom of the series we have the unicellular organisms , as a rule of minutely microscopic size and rarely visible at all to the naked eye ; these comprise an infinite ...
Pagina 9
... fact that they are not hairs , but true , though somewhat rudimentary , feathers . But no practical difficulty arises in this case ; for on other parts of the body are plenty of obvious feathers which no mammal ever possesses . A third ...
... fact that they are not hairs , but true , though somewhat rudimentary , feathers . But no practical difficulty arises in this case ; for on other parts of the body are plenty of obvious feathers which no mammal ever possesses . A third ...
Pagina 10
... fact that birds are at least by no means so strongly smelling convinces us of the absence of glands in the skins of those animals . The same may be said of reptiles and amphibia , broadly considered - for here as elsewhere there are ...
... fact that birds are at least by no means so strongly smelling convinces us of the absence of glands in the skins of those animals . The same may be said of reptiles and amphibia , broadly considered - for here as elsewhere there are ...
Pagina 11
... fact has something to do with the general absence of brilliant hues among the mammalia . There is no difficulty ... fact that there were , as well as are , mammals . A very marked feature of the mammalian skeleton is the fact that the ...
... fact has something to do with the general absence of brilliant hues among the mammalia . There is no difficulty ... fact that there were , as well as are , mammals . A very marked feature of the mammalian skeleton is the fact that the ...
Pagina 15
... fact for that of inference . Palæontology , in proportion to the com- pleteness of the records in the rocks , speaks with a certain voice as to relationships . Similarity of structure has to be sifted and checked in various ways before ...
... fact for that of inference . Palæontology , in proportion to the com- pleteness of the records in the rocks , speaks with a certain voice as to relationships . Similarity of structure has to be sifted and checked in various ways before ...
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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.