Animal Studies: A Text-book of Elementary Zoology for Use in High Schools and CollegesD. Appleton, 1903 - 459 páginas |
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Página 17
... tail . The name of the species is an adjective in meaning , placed after the noun and agreeing with it . Thus Sciurus hudsonicus is the name of the red squirrel , Sciurus carolinensis of the Eastern gray squirrel , and Sciurus ...
... tail . The name of the species is an adjective in meaning , placed after the noun and agreeing with it . Thus Sciurus hudsonicus is the name of the red squirrel , Sciurus carolinensis of the Eastern gray squirrel , and Sciurus ...
Página 144
... tail " consti- tutes the remainder . On the tip of the tail is a curved spine supplied with poison glands . Sev- eral pairs of eyes are borne on the dorsal surface of the head and thorax , while on the under side of the animal several ...
... tail " consti- tutes the remainder . On the tip of the tail is a curved spine supplied with poison glands . Sev- eral pairs of eyes are borne on the dorsal surface of the head and thorax , while on the under side of the animal several ...
Página 162
... suitable spot settles down and ad- heres for life . From this point on degeneration ensues . The tail disappears , and with it the notochord and. FIG . 99. - Ascidian or sea - squirt . FIG . 102. - Lampreys . 162 ANIMAL STUDIES.
... suitable spot settles down and ad- heres for life . From this point on degeneration ensues . The tail disappears , and with it the notochord and. FIG . 99. - Ascidian or sea - squirt . FIG . 102. - Lampreys . 162 ANIMAL STUDIES.
Página 163
... tail disappears , and with it the notochord and the greater part of the nervous system . The sense - organs van- ish , the pharynx becomes remodeled , and numerous other changes occur , leaving the animal in its adult condition , with ...
... tail disappears , and with it the notochord and the greater part of the nervous system . The sense - organs van- ish , the pharynx becomes remodeled , and numerous other changes occur , leaving the animal in its adult condition , with ...
Página 164
... tail ( Fig . 100 ) . A keel also has been provided , enabling the fish to steer true to its course . This consists of folds of skin arising along the middle line of the body , supported by numerous bony spines or cartilaginous rays ...
... tail ( Fig . 100 ) . A keel also has been provided , enabling the fish to steer true to its course . This consists of folds of skin arising along the middle line of the body , supported by numerous bony spines or cartilaginous rays ...
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adapted adult Amaba amphibians animals annelids ants appearance Arthropods attached bear become bees birds body brain burrow butterfly called canal cavity cells chitin clams color common crabs crayfishes crinoids Crustacea digestive dorsal earthworm eggs enemies exist external eyes feed feet female fins fishes flagellum flatworms forms fossils fresh-water frogs gastrula gills habits hatched head highly individuals insects instinct intestine jelly-fish known lancelet larva larvæ legs less limbs live lizards male mals mammals matter mollusks mouth muscles natural nerve nest notochord organs oxygen pair parasites parent plants plates possess prey protective resemblance Protozoa pupa regions relatively reptiles rocks Sacculina salamanders sand segments shell side skeleton skin smell snails snakes special sense species spines sponge squirrel stage starfishes stomach structure substance surface surroundings swimming tail teeth tion tree usually various vertebrates wings workers worms young
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Página 282 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair. Even slow-breeding man has doubled in twenty-five years, and at this rate, in less than a thousand years, there would literally not be standing room for his progeny.
Página 211 - Its summer plumage so exactly harmonizes with the lichen-coloured stones among which it delights to sit, that a person may walk through a flock of them without seeing a single bird; while in winter its white plumage is an almost equal protection.
Página 264 - Fig. 41 are indistinguishably alike, but one embryo is sure to develop into a fish and the other into a salamander. This certainty of an embryo to become an individual of a certain kind is called the law of heredity.
Página 343 - Tremex burrow is reached she deposits an egg in it. The larva that hatches from this egg creeps along this burrow until it reaches its victim, and then fastens itself to the horntail larva, which it destroys by sucking its blood. The larva of...
Página 362 - He cannot be mistaken for any other, and his flaming vest and blue stockings show that he does not court concealment. He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took a few specimens home with me, and tried my fowls and ducks with them ; but none would touch them. At last, by throwing down pieces of meat, for which there was a great competition amongst them, I managed...
Página 329 - Steppes, he once saw an eagle belonging to an altogether gregarious species (the white-tailed eagle, jfaliaetos albicilla) rising high in the air ; for half an hour it was describing its wide circles in silence when at once its piercing voice was heard. Its cry was soon answered by another eagle which approached it, and was followed by a third, a fourth, and so on, till nine or ten eagles came together and soon disappeared.
Página 283 - The elephant is reckoned the slowest breeder of all known animals, and I have taken some pains to estimate its probable minimum rate of natural increase; it will be safest to assume that it begins breeding when thirty years old, and goes on breeding till ninety years old, bringing forth six young in the interval, and surviving till one hundred years old ; if this be so, after a period of from 740 to 750 years there would be nearly nineteen million elephants alive, descended from the first pair.
Página 363 - There are two intensely black spots on this margin in the appropriate position for eyes, and the whole appearance is that of a large flat face extending to the outer edge of the red margin. The effect is an intensely exaggerated caricature of a vertebrate face, which is probably alarming to the vertebrate enemies of the caterpillar. . . . The effect is also greatly strengthened by two pink whips which are swiftly protruded from the prongs of the fork in which the body terminates. . . . The end of...