Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated AnimalsA. Constable & Company, Limited, 1905 - 310 pagini |
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Pagina 22
... tribe that , numerous and widespread as are its repre- sentatives , there are but slight variations from one easily definable type . There is no creature belonging to this assemblage that is not at once referable to its proper place in ...
... tribe that , numerous and widespread as are its repre- sentatives , there are but slight variations from one easily definable type . There is no creature belonging to this assemblage that is not at once referable to its proper place in ...
Pagina 30
... 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 , never takes to the water on its own account ...
... 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 , never takes to the water on its own account ...
Pagina 45
... tribe is omnivorous . So too the Artoid carnivora , which are among the more ancient types of living bears , are mixed eaters . The slow loris has many vernacular names in the east ; among them are Bashful Cat , " " Bashful Monkey ...
... tribe is omnivorous . So too the Artoid carnivora , which are among the more ancient types of living bears , are mixed eaters . The slow loris has many vernacular names in the east ; among them are Bashful Cat , " " Bashful Monkey ...
Pagina 47
... tribe . If the animal can be induced to lend itself to scientific observation , the visitor may note upon the wrist of the male a patch of black spiny structures , which are columnar and corn - like outgrowths of hardened skin . In the ...
... tribe . If the animal can be induced to lend itself to scientific observation , the visitor may note upon the wrist of the male a patch of black spiny structures , which are columnar and corn - like outgrowths of hardened skin . In the ...
Pagina 54
... tribe , or Artio- dactyle , there are two fingers or toes symmetrical with regard to each other , and lying on either side of the median axis , which passes between them . Different though the outward form of the tapir is to both its ...
... tribe , or Artio- dactyle , there are two fingers or toes symmetrical with regard to each other , and lying on either side of the median axis , which passes between them . Different though the outward form of the tapir is to both its ...
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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.