The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 sivua |
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Sivu 94
... tribes ; is playful , a good mimic , and possesses a pre- hensile tail . The flying squirrel , the flying lizard , or draco volans , and especially the bat , approach in their volant endowment the buoyancy of birds , and are able to fly ...
... tribes ; is playful , a good mimic , and possesses a pre- hensile tail . The flying squirrel , the flying lizard , or draco volans , and especially the bat , approach in their volant endowment the buoyancy of birds , and are able to fly ...
Sivu 96
... tribes that feed and fatten on all the species of euphorbia , or noxious spurge ! The dhanesa , or Indian buceros , feeds to excess on the nux vomica ; the land - craboo on the berries of the hippomane or manchineel - tree , and the ...
... tribes that feed and fatten on all the species of euphorbia , or noxious spurge ! The dhanesa , or Indian buceros , feeds to excess on the nux vomica ; the land - craboo on the berries of the hippomane or manchineel - tree , and the ...
Sivu 97
... tribes afford us similar proofs : -many of these grow from a new bulb , or knob , or radicle , while the old root , of whatever description it may be , dies away ; in consequence of which we can only conclude that the vital principle of ...
... tribes afford us similar proofs : -many of these grow from a new bulb , or knob , or radicle , while the old root , of whatever description it may be , dies away ; in consequence of which we can only conclude that the vital principle of ...
Sivu 98
... tribes of an aqueous and subaqueous origin , and the incalculable individuals that appertain to each species ; and more especially if we take into consideration the greater equality of tempe- rature which must necessarily exist in the ...
... tribes of an aqueous and subaqueous origin , and the incalculable individuals that appertain to each species ; and more especially if we take into consideration the greater equality of tempe- rature which must necessarily exist in the ...
Sivu 99
... tribes , has only one ultimate or excrementary duct ; while the olive cavy avoids water of every kind almost as pertinaciously as does also the ostrich , which is in consequence said by the Arabs never to drink . And yet these are ...
... tribes , has only one ultimate or excrementary duct ; while the olive cavy avoids water of every kind almost as pertinaciously as does also the ostrich , which is in consequence said by the Arabs never to drink . And yet these are ...
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