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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... colours , and tunnelling powers - The MUSK BEETLE - Its beauty and fragrance - Difficulty of detecting the Musk ... colour and song- Supplementary nests - The PINC - PINC and its home - Supposed use of the sup plementary nest - The ...
... colours , and tunnelling powers - The MUSK BEETLE - Its beauty and fragrance - Difficulty of detecting the Musk ... colour and song- Supplementary nests - The PINC - PINC and its home - Supposed use of the sup plementary nest - The ...
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... colour of eggs - The WHITE - THROATED HONEY - EATER and its habits - Its curious nest - Locality of the nest - The GOLDEN - CRESTED WREN , and the resemblance of its nest to those of the Honey - eater - The SWALLOW DICEUM - Its song and ...
... colour of eggs - The WHITE - THROATED HONEY - EATER and its habits - Its curious nest - Locality of the nest - The GOLDEN - CRESTED WREN , and the resemblance of its nest to those of the Honey - eater - The SWALLOW DICEUM - Its song and ...
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... colour - The Nest of the Bettong , and its adaptation to the locality - Singular method of convey- ing materials - Its nocturnal habits - The RABBIT - EARED BANDICOOT , and its habitat - The generic title - Curious form of the ears and ...
... colour - The Nest of the Bettong , and its adaptation to the locality - Singular method of convey- ing materials - Its nocturnal habits - The RABBIT - EARED BANDICOOT , and its habitat - The generic title - Curious form of the ears and ...
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... Colour of the eggs - The CAPOCIER - Why so called - Familiarity of the bird - Le Vaillant's experiments - How the nest is made - Division of labour - Lovers ' quarrels - Structure of the nest - Hum ming - birds again - The FIERY TOPAZ ...
... Colour of the eggs - The CAPOCIER - Why so called - Familiarity of the bird - Le Vaillant's experiments - How the nest is made - Division of labour - Lovers ' quarrels - Structure of the nest - Hum ming - birds again - The FIERY TOPAZ ...
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... colour of each hair . The disposition of the Prairie Dog is pleasant and sociable , and the little creature is very susceptible of domestication . There are at the present time ( July , 1863 ) two fine specimens of this animal in the ...
... colour of each hair . The disposition of the Prairie Dog is pleasant and sociable , and the little creature is very susceptible of domestication . There are at the present time ( July , 1863 ) two fine specimens of this animal in the ...
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