Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... ant , the squirrel , & c . , might with equal propriety find a place in several of these classes , and I have therefore placed them in that class of which some pecu- liarity in nest - making renders them fit illustrators . I must now ...
... ant , the squirrel , & c . , might with equal propriety find a place in several of these classes , and I have therefore placed them in that class of which some pecu- liarity in nest - making renders them fit illustrators . I must now ...
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... ANT - EATER -Its burrowing Powers . . 1 CHAPTER II . BURROWING BIRDS . The SAND MARTIN - Mode of burrowing and shape of the tunnel - Enemies of the Sand Martin - Midges and Martins - The KINGFISHER and its habits - Its burrow and ...
... ANT - EATER -Its burrowing Powers . . 1 CHAPTER II . BURROWING BIRDS . The SAND MARTIN - Mode of burrowing and shape of the tunnel - Enemies of the Sand Martin - Midges and Martins - The KINGFISHER and its habits - Its burrow and ...
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... ANT and its Habitation - Use of the " parasol " leaves — Mr . Bates ' account of the insect - Enormous extent of the Dwelling - The DUSKY ANT- Its Strength and Perseverance - Man and Insect contrasted - The BROWN ANT -Form of its ...
... ANT and its Habitation - Use of the " parasol " leaves — Mr . Bates ' account of the insect - Enormous extent of the Dwelling - The DUSKY ANT- Its Strength and Perseverance - Man and Insect contrasted - The BROWN ANT -Form of its ...
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... ANT , its habits and nest - An African species - Pensile Ants of America - The ABISPA , and its remarkable nest - Ingenious entrance - The TATUA , or DUTCHMAN'S PIPE - Structure and shape of its nest - Firmness of the walls - Average ...
... ANT , its habits and nest - An African species - Pensile Ants of America - The ABISPA , and its remarkable nest - Ingenious entrance - The TATUA , or DUTCHMAN'S PIPE - Structure and shape of its nest - Firmness of the walls - Average ...
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... ANTS of South America and their various species - Nests and habits of the Foraging Ants - The AGRICULTURAL ANT of Texas - Dr . Lincecum's accounts of its habits . • 343 CHAPTER XIX . SUB - AQUATIC NESTS . VERTEBRATES . Fishes as ...
... ANTS of South America and their various species - Nests and habits of the Foraging Ants - The AGRICULTURAL ANT of Texas - Dr . Lincecum's accounts of its habits . • 343 CHAPTER XIX . SUB - AQUATIC NESTS . VERTEBRATES . Fishes as ...
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Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
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abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young