Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated AnimalsA. Constable & Company, Limited, 1905 - 310 pagini |
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... Tree Viper . Crocodiles • Australian Green Tree Frog Caped Clawed Frog Australian Mud Fish 199 To face 200 • 203 To face 218 220 " " 222 " " 224 226 " " " 242 246 • 249 252 264 To face 272 288 · 291 301 TH CHAPTER I Introductory HE ...
... Tree Viper . Crocodiles • Australian Green Tree Frog Caped Clawed Frog Australian Mud Fish 199 To face 200 • 203 To face 218 220 " " 222 " " 224 226 " " " 242 246 • 249 252 264 To face 272 288 · 291 301 TH CHAPTER I Introductory HE ...
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... tree of life , whose characters are , therefore , more fixed . This suggestion may be both checked and enforced by the consideration that monkeys are a modern race , and that , may be , they have not yet had time to throw out feelers in ...
... tree of life , whose characters are , therefore , more fixed . This suggestion may be both checked and enforced by the consideration that monkeys are a modern race , and that , may be , they have not yet had time to throw out feelers in ...
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... tree . It is not clear that the monkeys of America are deafer than their allies of Asia and Africa ; but it is an anatomical fact that the former have not the little spout - like bone for con- veying sound to the internal part of the ...
... tree . It is not clear that the monkeys of America are deafer than their allies of Asia and Africa ; but it is an anatomical fact that the former have not the little spout - like bone for con- veying sound to the internal part of the ...
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... tree , consisting of showers of hard fruits with which it assiduously pelted its pur- suers . Structurally it may be ... trees . This ape builds a kind of nest in trees , which is not a permanent dwelling place , but merely a place of ...
... tree , consisting of showers of hard fruits with which it assiduously pelted its pur- suers . Structurally it may be ... trees . This ape builds a kind of nest in trees , which is not a permanent dwelling place , but merely a place of ...
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... tree the gibbon has no equal among the monkey tribe . It swings from bough to bough " with the unerring accuracy of a finished trapeze performer . " It is an odd thing that this gibbon at any rate cannot swim , and naturally , therefore ...
... tree the gibbon has no equal among the monkey tribe . It swings from bough to bough " with the unerring accuracy of a finished trapeze performer . " It is an odd thing that this gibbon at any rate cannot swim , and naturally , therefore ...
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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.