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... portion relating to the Birds , now complete , permitted to draw his full pay as Surgeon - Major while engaged in editing his work . So that we must allow that what with the advancing position occupied by Science of late years , and ...
... portion relating to the Birds , now complete , permitted to draw his full pay as Surgeon - Major while engaged in editing his work . So that we must allow that what with the advancing position occupied by Science of late years , and ...
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... portion of a great Zoological Region , which embraces not only the Indian peninsula and adjoining lands up to the Himalayas , but also the whole of South - eastern Asia , together with the great Islands of Java , Sumatra and Borneo and ...
... portion of a great Zoological Region , which embraces not only the Indian peninsula and adjoining lands up to the Himalayas , but also the whole of South - eastern Asia , together with the great Islands of Java , Sumatra and Borneo and ...
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... portion of a specimen , of the Rhytina was known to exist in any collection . In 1832 , Professor Brandt found among the * The last Rhytina was killed in 1768 , according to Sauer , the Secretary of Captain Billings ' expedition . We ...
... portion of a specimen , of the Rhytina was known to exist in any collection . In 1832 , Professor Brandt found among the * The last Rhytina was killed in 1768 , according to Sauer , the Secretary of Captain Billings ' expedition . We ...
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... portions likewise . Professor von Nordmann gives in his paper an elaborate account of every portion of these precious relics , and illustrates his descrip- tions with five lithographic plates , which represent all the more ...
... portions likewise . Professor von Nordmann gives in his paper an elaborate account of every portion of these precious relics , and illustrates his descrip- tions with five lithographic plates , which represent all the more ...
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... portion of the volume . These are followed by the Characinoids and several other smaller families . Amongst these perhaps the most noticeable in the way of novelty is a new genus of Australian freshwater fish called Prototroctes - the ...
... portion of the volume . These are followed by the Characinoids and several other smaller families . Amongst these perhaps the most noticeable in the way of novelty is a new genus of Australian freshwater fish called Prototroctes - the ...
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Página 348 - Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots...
Página 522 - Europe; our nearest relatives in the animal kingdom are confined to hot, almost to tropical climates, and it is in such countries that we ai'e most likely to find the earliest traces of the human race.
Página 290 - It first places its tendrils ready for action, as a polypus places its tentacula. If the tendril be displaced, it is acted on by the force of gravity and rights itself. It is acted on by the light, and bends towards or from it, or disregards it, whichever may be most advantageous. During several days the tendrils or internodes, or both, spontaneously revolve with a steady motion.
Página 131 - Dawsoii carefully examined the laminated material, and he found it to consist of the remains of an organism which grew in large sessile patches, increasing at the surface by the addition of successive layers of chambers separated by calcareous laminae. Slices examined microscopically showed large irregular chambers with numerous rounded extensions, and bounded by walls of variable thickness, which are studded with septal orifices irregularly disposed ; the thicker parts of the walls revealed the...
Página 525 - But the true savage is neither free nor noble ; he is a slave to his own wants, his own passions ; imperfectly protected from the weather, he suffers from the cold by night and the heat of the sun by day ; ignorant of agriculture, living by the chase, and improvident in success, hunger always stares him in the face, and often drives him to the dreadful alternative of cannibalism or death.
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