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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... build on branches . The last chapter treats of miscellanea , or those habitations which could not be well classed in either of the preceding groups . In all these classes a definite order has been preserved , the Mammalia having ...
... build on branches . The last chapter treats of miscellanea , or those habitations which could not be well classed in either of the preceding groups . In all these classes a definite order has been preserved , the Mammalia having ...
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... Building Mammalia - Definition of the title - Inferiority of the mammalia as architects The BRUSH - TAILED BETTONG - Its structure and colour - The Nest of the Bettong , and its adaptation to the locality - Singular method of convey ...
... Building Mammalia - Definition of the title - Inferiority of the mammalia as architects The BRUSH - TAILED BETTONG - Its structure and colour - The Nest of the Bettong , and its adaptation to the locality - Singular method of convey ...
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... BUILDING BIRDS ( CONTINUED ) . Nesting of the Hornbills - Dr . Livingstone's account of the KORWÉ , or RED- BREASTED HORNBILL - THE LONG - TAILED TITMOUSE - Its general habits - Its use to the gardener - Number of the young - Form and ...
... BUILDING BIRDS ( CONTINUED ) . Nesting of the Hornbills - Dr . Livingstone's account of the KORWÉ , or RED- BREASTED HORNBILL - THE LONG - TAILED TITMOUSE - Its general habits - Its use to the gardener - Number of the young - Form and ...
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... building - CORALS and their general history - The Coral of commerce - Development and extension of the Coral - How fresh colonies are founded - Various Corals and their growth - Submarine tube- makers - The SERPULE and their general ...
... building - CORALS and their general history - The Coral of commerce - Development and extension of the Coral - How fresh colonies are founded - Various Corals and their growth - Submarine tube- makers - The SERPULE and their general ...
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... building - A nest in a bottle - The cell of the QUEEN TERMITE - Its en- trances and exits - Size of the inmates - The FUNGUS ANT and its singular home - Material , structure , and size of the nest - The CLOTHES MOTHS and their various ...
... building - A nest in a bottle - The cell of the QUEEN TERMITE - Its en- trances and exits - Size of the inmates - The FUNGUS ANT and its singular home - Material , structure , and size of the nest - The CLOTHES MOTHS and their various ...
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