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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... grass , the young blades of corn being sometimes employed for that purpose . The Mole chooses for this purpose the spot where two or more passages intersect each other , so that in case of alarm , the mother and young may escape in the ...
... grass , the young blades of corn being sometimes employed for that purpose . The Mole chooses for this purpose the spot where two or more passages intersect each other , so that in case of alarm , the mother and young may escape in the ...
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... grasses and other herbage , and is of a partly globular form . The SHREW MOLE of North America ( Scalops aquaticus ) , is one of the best burrowers among this family , scarcely yielding to the mole itself in the extent of the tunnels ...
... grasses and other herbage , and is of a partly globular form . The SHREW MOLE of North America ( Scalops aquaticus ) , is one of the best burrowers among this family , scarcely yielding to the mole itself in the extent of the tunnels ...
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... grass . The Badger is a creature that cannot live in close proximity to human beings , and has , in consequence , been gradually banished from the greater part of England . Forest after forest falls before the woodman's axe , mile upon ...
... grass . The Badger is a creature that cannot live in close proximity to human beings , and has , in consequence , been gradually banished from the greater part of England . Forest after forest falls before the woodman's axe , mile upon ...
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... grass seeds , nearly a peck of acorns , some Indian corn , and a quart of the beaked nuts already mentioned . The popular names of Chipping Squirrel and Chipmuck are given to this little animal on account of its cry , which sounds like ...
... grass seeds , nearly a peck of acorns , some Indian corn , and a quart of the beaked nuts already mentioned . The popular names of Chipping Squirrel and Chipmuck are given to this little animal on account of its cry , which sounds like ...
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... grasses , & c . are put aside , there is seen a hole of moderate size , on the sides of which are imprinted the footmarks of the animal . By the dampness and sharpness of these im- pressions , the natives can form a tolerably accurate ...
... grasses , & c . are put aside , there is seen a hole of moderate size , on the sides of which are imprinted the footmarks of the animal . By the dampness and sharpness of these im- pressions , the natives can form a tolerably accurate ...
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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