The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, Volume 11John Van Voorst, 1853 - Natural history |
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... toads , 4097 CRISP , EDWARDS , M.D. Note on the Acarus of the hornbill , 3916 Daniell , GeorGE Notice of the habits of Myrmica domestica , Shuck ; together with some account of a means of turn- ing the industry of this minute ant to ...
... toads , 4097 CRISP , EDWARDS , M.D. Note on the Acarus of the hornbill , 3916 Daniell , GeorGE Notice of the habits of Myrmica domestica , Shuck ; together with some account of a means of turn- ing the industry of this minute ant to ...
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... toads inclosed in stones , 3848 ; Red - necked phala- rope at Rottingdean , 4096 IRBY , L. H. Note on the early appearance of the quail , Stone curlew near Thet- ford , 3909 ; Notes on the habits of the green sandpiper , 3988 JARMAN ...
... toads inclosed in stones , 3848 ; Red - necked phala- rope at Rottingdean , 4096 IRBY , L. H. Note on the early appearance of the quail , Stone curlew near Thet- ford , 3909 ; Notes on the habits of the green sandpiper , 3988 JARMAN ...
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... Toads in stone , 3808 PLANT , N. Proceedings of Natural - History col- lectors in foreign countries , 3723 POWYS , HON . T. L. Captures of various birds in Oxford- shire , 3805 ; Sandwich tern near Oxford , 3946 RODD , EDWARD HearLe ...
... Toads in stone , 3808 PLANT , N. Proceedings of Natural - History col- lectors in foreign countries , 3723 POWYS , HON . T. L. Captures of various birds in Oxford- shire , 3805 ; Sandwich tern near Oxford , 3946 RODD , EDWARD HearLe ...
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... toads , 4097 , 4110 Beetle , voracity of the larva of a , 3780 Bird , wingless , said to inhabit the island of Tristan d'Acunha , 4017 Birds , various , in Oxfordshire , 3805 ; migration of , and other natural phe- nomena , 3805 ...
... toads , 4097 , 4110 Beetle , voracity of the larva of a , 3780 Bird , wingless , said to inhabit the island of Tristan d'Acunha , 4017 Birds , various , in Oxfordshire , 3805 ; migration of , and other natural phe- nomena , 3805 ...
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... description of a specimen of , 4097 Fox , anecdote of the power of fascination as exercised by the , 4049 Frogs , reproduction of , 3871 , 3912 , 3989 ; spawning of , 4097 " Frogs and toads inclosed in stones , 3848 Fungus xi.
... description of a specimen of , 4097 Fox , anecdote of the power of fascination as exercised by the , 4049 Frogs , reproduction of , 3871 , 3912 , 3989 ; spawning of , 4097 " Frogs and toads inclosed in stones , 3848 Fungus xi.
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Page 3708 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 3823 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Page 3904 - It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count — I took no note, I had no hope my eyes to raise, And clear them of their dreary mote...
Page 3998 - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Page 4077 - In the last two weeks of August and the first week of September...
Page 3904 - And thus when they appear'd at last, And all my bonds aside were cast, These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage — and all my own!
Page 4090 - The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation ; or, Observations on Life amidst the various forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature ; with Practical Comments and Illustrations. By Sir JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL, Knt.
Page 4045 - The attendants who followed carried clusters of ripe dates, and flat baskets of osier-work filled with pomegranates, apples, and bunches of grapes. They raised in one hand small green boughs to drive away the flies. Then came men bearing hares, partridges, and dried locusts fastened on rods. The locust has ever been an article of food in the East, and is still sold in the markets of many towns in Arabia. Being introduced in this bas-relief amongst the choice delicacies of a banquet, it was probably...
Page 3904 - And watch'd them in their sullen trade, Had seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they ? We were all...
Page 3820 - Much attention is paid to the cultivation of this tree; extensive districts of country are covered with it; and it forms an important branch of agricultural industry.