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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... burrow in the ground , the work proceeds in the following order : -2d , those creatures that suspend their homes in the air ; 3d , those that are real builders , forming their domi- ciles of mud , stones , sticks , and similar materials ...
... burrow in the ground , the work proceeds in the following order : -2d , those creatures that suspend their homes in the air ; 3d , those that are real builders , forming their domi- ciles of mud , stones , sticks , and similar materials ...
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... Burrow- ing Reptiles follow next in order ; and then come the Burrow- ing Invertebrates , headed by the Crustacea . The same system is followed throughout , so as to give the reader a clear and definite idea of the subject . For this ...
... Burrow- ing Reptiles follow next in order ; and then come the Burrow- ing Invertebrates , headed by the Crustacea . The same system is followed throughout , so as to give the reader a clear and definite idea of the subject . For this ...
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... Burrow - The ARMADILLOS and their Habits - The MANIS - The AARD VARK , its Food and Dwelling — The MALLANGONG - Its strange Habits and its Burrow - The PORCUPINE ANT - EATER -Its burrowing Powers . . 1 CHAPTER II . BURROWING BIRDS . The ...
... Burrow - The ARMADILLOS and their Habits - The MANIS - The AARD VARK , its Food and Dwelling — The MALLANGONG - Its strange Habits and its Burrow - The PORCUPINE ANT - EATER -Its burrowing Powers . . 1 CHAPTER II . BURROWING BIRDS . The ...
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... burrow of the Scorpion - How detected- Suicide among the Scorpions - Spiders and their burrows - The Atypus- Madame Merian and her book of the BIRD SPIDER - Mr . Bates ' Discoveries --- Hair of the Bird Spider - The TARANTULA - its ...
... burrow of the Scorpion - How detected- Suicide among the Scorpions - Spiders and their burrows - The Atypus- Madame Merian and her book of the BIRD SPIDER - Mr . Bates ' Discoveries --- Hair of the Bird Spider - The TARANTULA - its ...
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... Burrows and its Prey - The INDIAN SPHEX and its Ingenuity - The MELLINUS and OXYBELUS - Curious method of Catching Prey - The PHILANTHUS , its Burrow , and the Food of its Young- The HUMBLE BEE - Its general Habits - Locality of its ...
... Burrows and its Prey - The INDIAN SPHEX and its Ingenuity - The MELLINUS and OXYBELUS - Curious method of Catching Prey - The PHILANTHUS , its Burrow , and the Food of its Young- The HUMBLE BEE - Its general Habits - Locality of its ...
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