Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... appearance - Structure of the Shell , and its probable use- Method of burrowing - Use of the Piddock and other marine burrowers - The balance of Nature preserved - The WOOD - BORER and its habits - The DATE SHELL - Its extraordinary ...
... appearance - Structure of the Shell , and its probable use- Method of burrowing - Use of the Piddock and other marine burrowers - The balance of Nature preserved - The WOOD - BORER and its habits - The DATE SHELL - Its extraordinary ...
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... appearance - Reason for its name - Mouse nests- Home of the Harvest Mouse - A curious problem - Food of the Harvest Mouse , and its agility - The SQUIRREL - Its summer and winter " ' cage ' e " -Boldness of the Squirrel - Materials for ...
... appearance - Reason for its name - Mouse nests- Home of the Harvest Mouse - A curious problem - Food of the Harvest Mouse , and its agility - The SQUIRREL - Its summer and winter " ' cage ' e " -Boldness of the Squirrel - Materials for ...
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... Appearance of the nest - Its shape and the materials of which it is made - The HERMIT HUM- MING - BIRDS and their nests - The RUBY - THROATED HUMMING BIRD - Variable dimensions of the nest - Concealment - Mr . Webber and his discoveries ...
... Appearance of the nest - Its shape and the materials of which it is made - The HERMIT HUM- MING - BIRDS and their nests - The RUBY - THROATED HUMMING BIRD - Variable dimensions of the nest - Concealment - Mr . Webber and his discoveries ...
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... appearances is really harmless . Dr. Bennett often handled the animal , but never saw it attempt to use the spur , and found that the duckbill , which is armed in a similar manner , was equally innocuous . At the present date , January ...
... appearances is really harmless . Dr. Bennett often handled the animal , but never saw it attempt to use the spur , and found that the duckbill , which is armed in a similar manner , was equally innocuous . At the present date , January ...
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... appearance , but it turned out that the alarm had been caused by two men walking over the heath above , and approach- ing the holes . The young ones in the holes had , no doubt , felt the jar caused by their tread , and those on the ...
... appearance , but it turned out that the alarm had been caused by two men walking over the heath above , and approach- ing the holes . The young ones in the holes had , no doubt , felt the jar caused by their tread , and those on the ...
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