First Steps to ZoologySimms and M'Intyre, 1849 |
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... length . Its head is furnished with suckers and bris- tles , by means of which it can fix itself securely . Each joint of the body has the power of producing thousands of ova or eggs . When these come to maturity , the lower portion of ...
... length . Its head is furnished with suckers and bris- tles , by means of which it can fix itself securely . Each joint of the body has the power of producing thousands of ova or eggs . When these come to maturity , the lower portion of ...
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... length of its body ( Fig . 8 ) . In its contracted state , it seems a little piece of jelly not larger than the half of a pea : but when engaged in the capture of its food , with the tail at the surface of the water and the head ...
... length of its body ( Fig . 8 ) . In its contracted state , it seems a little piece of jelly not larger than the half of a pea : but when engaged in the capture of its food , with the tail at the surface of the water and the head ...
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... in connection with geological changes , are sufficient to produce reefs in the Pacific of several hundred miles in length . These structures , it must. Fig . 13. - CORAL . Fig . 15. - STAR - FISH . 22 FIRST STEPS TO ZOOLOGY .
... in connection with geological changes , are sufficient to produce reefs in the Pacific of several hundred miles in length . These structures , it must. Fig . 13. - CORAL . Fig . 15. - STAR - FISH . 22 FIRST STEPS TO ZOOLOGY .
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Robert Patterson. hundred miles in length . These structures , it must be remembered , are not formed in an expanse of deep and tran- quil waters , but in the midst of an ocean which is never at rest . " The breakers , " as Mr. Darwin ...
Robert Patterson. hundred miles in length . These structures , it must be remembered , are not formed in an expanse of deep and tran- quil waters , but in the midst of an ocean which is never at rest . " The breakers , " as Mr. Darwin ...
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... length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have been considering . It is in fact a diminutive , feathery looking star- fish , mounted on a ...
... length . In this state Fig . 21. - POLYPE STATE OF THE FEATHER - STAR ( MAGNIFIED ) . ( Fig . 21 ) , it resem- bles some of the Polypes we have been considering . It is in fact a diminutive , feathery looking star- fish , mounted on a ...
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Acorn-shells adapted annexed figure Fig appearance arms arranged beak beautiful beetles belonging birds Bittern Black-headed Gull body CARNIVORA Cetacea coasts colour common consists constitute covering crab creature Crustacea Cuttle-fish different species distinguished earth edible crab eggs Entozoa exhibit existence eyes feathers feet female fins fish flight floating four furnished gills habits head Horse-leech inches INFUSORIA inhabitants insects Ireland islands jaws known larvæ Leech legs length living lower MAGNIFIED membranous Mollusca Mollusks Monkeys mouth mussel naturalists nest NORTHERN DIVER Opossums organs Owls oyster peculiar PELICAN ISLAND Pinna placed poet Polypes possess pouch present order prey quadrupeds rays regarded remarkable reptiles resemble scientific name sea-water seen shell shores silk singular Soft-bodied animals Star-fish Stickle-back stomach structure substance suckers surface Swallow tail teeth tentacula Teredo term tion Tortoises trees tribes vegetable vertebrate vertebrate animals Vultures Whale wings worms young Zoea
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Seite 41 - He with a smile did then his words repeat ; And said, that gathering leeches, far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side, But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.
Seite 185 - Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Seite 173 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 237 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Seite 180 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 73 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Seite 140 - Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay, With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals Of fish, that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave, in sculls that oft Bank the mid sea...
Seite 155 - The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: The spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling stones are turned with him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Seite 222 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Seite 171 - The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, The plain-song cuckoo gray, Whose note full many a man doth mark, And dares not answer, nay...