Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes, Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c., Including a Monograph of the Elephant and a Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training It, with Engravings from Original DrawingsLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 500 páginas |
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... branches of natural science : the late Dr. GARDNER , Mr. EDGAR L. LAYARD , an accomplished zoologist , Dr. TEMPLETON , and others ; and I was thus enabled to collect on the spot many interesting facts relative to the structure and ...
... branches of natural science : the late Dr. GARDNER , Mr. EDGAR L. LAYARD , an accomplished zoologist , Dr. TEMPLETON , and others ; and I was thus enabled to collect on the spot many interesting facts relative to the structure and ...
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... branch had been investigated by naturalists , up to the period of my departure from Ceylon at the close of 1849. These , besides their inherent interest , will , I trust , stimulate others to engage in the same pursuit , by exhibiting ...
... branch had been investigated by naturalists , up to the period of my departure from Ceylon at the close of 1849. These , besides their inherent interest , will , I trust , stimulate others to engage in the same pursuit , by exhibiting ...
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... branch of the island fauna may at last attract the attention to which its richness so eminently en- titles it . In the department of Entomology much has already been achieved ; but an extended area still invites future explorers ; and ...
... branch of the island fauna may at last attract the attention to which its richness so eminently en- titles it . In the department of Entomology much has already been achieved ; but an extended area still invites future explorers ; and ...
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... branch to branch , using their powerful arms alternately ; and when baffled by distance , flinging themselves obliquely so as to catch the lower boughs of an opposite tree , the mo- mentum acquired by their descent being sufficient to ...
... branch to branch , using their powerful arms alternately ; and when baffled by distance , flinging themselves obliquely so as to catch the lower boughs of an opposite tree , the mo- mentum acquired by their descent being sufficient to ...
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... branches , hanging by the claws of the hind legs , with the head turned up- wards , and pressing the chin against the breast . At sunset taking wing , they hover , with a murmuring sound occasioned by the beating of their broad ...
... branches , hanging by the claws of the hind legs , with the head turned up- wards , and pressing the chin against the breast . At sunset taking wing , they hover , with a murmuring sound occasioned by the beating of their broad ...
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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ... Sir James Emerson Tennent Visualização integral - 1861 |
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ... Sir James Emerson Tennent Visualização integral - 1868 |
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