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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... side of the hole , and hang a skin on them ; but it is only on very wet and windy days that he will take so much trouble . All subterranean dwellings are not of this simple nature . The underground palaces of India are wonderful ...
... side of the hole , and hang a skin on them ; but it is only on very wet and windy days that he will take so much trouble . All subterranean dwellings are not of this simple nature . The underground palaces of India are wonderful ...
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... side of a hill . It descends obliquely for a few feet , and then rises gradually towards the surface of the ground . At the extremity of the burrow is placed the nest , which is a rounded chamber of considerable dimensions . Here the ...
... side of a hill . It descends obliquely for a few feet , and then rises gradually towards the surface of the ground . At the extremity of the burrow is placed the nest , which is a rounded chamber of considerable dimensions . Here the ...
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... side into the fields and woods , so as to afford an easy mode of escape . The Canada Pouched Rat is nearly a foot in length , and is notable for the great development of its incisor teeth , which project beyond the lip ; and for the ...
... side into the fields and woods , so as to afford an easy mode of escape . The Canada Pouched Rat is nearly a foot in length , and is notable for the great development of its incisor teeth , which project beyond the lip ; and for the ...
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... side of a bank or a tree , or a large stone , he scoops out with his hands a hollow in which he can lie , and wherein he is sheltered from the freezing blasts that scud over the land . Wrapping himself in his garments , he burrows his ...
... side of a bank or a tree , or a large stone , he scoops out with his hands a hollow in which he can lie , and wherein he is sheltered from the freezing blasts that scud over the land . Wrapping himself in his garments , he burrows his ...
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... side of a rock , where , by dint of scraping , and allowing the snow to fall upon her , she forms a cell in which to reside during the period of her accouchement . Within this strange nursery 38 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
... side of a rock , where , by dint of scraping , and allowing the snow to fall upon her , she forms a cell in which to reside during the period of her accouchement . Within this strange nursery 38 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
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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