Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1892 - 520 pagini |
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... communicated to me by friends and correspondents . And here I may fitly take the opportunity of expressing my thanks and obligations to the latter , who in astonish- ing numbers have poured in their communications during several years ...
... communicated to me by friends and correspondents . And here I may fitly take the opportunity of expressing my thanks and obligations to the latter , who in astonish- ing numbers have poured in their communications during several years ...
Pagina 27
... communicated the result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer ...
... communicated the result of its successful exploration , for both then started along the same track , and disappeared over the wall.1 In this case the fact must be accepted , seeing that it stands on the authority of an accurate observer ...
Pagina 54
... communicating infor- mation to one another , it will be enough here to qucte an exceedingly interesting observation of the distinguished geologist Hague . The quotations are taken from his letters written to Mr. Darwin , and published ...
... communicating infor- mation to one another , it will be enough here to qucte an exceedingly interesting observation of the distinguished geologist Hague . The quotations are taken from his letters written to Mr. Darwin , and published ...
Pagina 95
... communicated to the author by Dr. Fr. Ellen- dorf of Wiedenbrück , who has lived many years in Central America . Dr. Ellendorf says that- It would be quite impossible for them to creep even through short grass with loads on their heads ...
... communicated to the author by Dr. Fr. Ellen- dorf of Wiedenbrück , who has lived many years in Central America . Dr. Ellendorf says that- It would be quite impossible for them to creep even through short grass with loads on their heads ...
Pagina 103
... communicated to the Linnæan Society in 1861. Five years later a paper was published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from the MS . of Dr. Lincecum . Lastly , in 1877 Mr. MacCook went to Texas ...
... communicated to the Linnæan Society in 1861. Five years later a paper was published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from the MS . of Dr. Lincecum . Lastly , in 1877 Mr. MacCook went to Texas ...
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Pagina 140 - ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man.
Pagina 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression, as it was not possible to misinterpret. If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed, he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth, and pull it with all his force.
Pagina i - Heredity." $1.50. 42. ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. A Record of Observations of the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., FRS, DCL, LL.
Pagina 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.