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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... frem 25 . Bought with the & gift 3 the Elicos of the It woard Advocate . $ 4.75 LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO . NEW - STREET SQUARE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AUG 30 1973 PREFACE . THE object of this work is so fully Kε 34725 A.
... frem 25 . Bought with the & gift 3 the Elicos of the It woard Advocate . $ 4.75 LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO . NEW - STREET SQUARE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AUG 30 1973 PREFACE . THE object of this work is so fully Kε 34725 A.
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... object of this work is so fully given in the title - page , that little more remains to be said in the preface . Beginning with the simplest and most natural form of habita- tion , namely , a burrow in the ground , the work proceeds in ...
... object of this work is so fully given in the title - page , that little more remains to be said in the preface . Beginning with the simplest and most natural form of habita- tion , namely , a burrow in the ground , the work proceeds in ...
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... object of tho Social nest - Average number of inhabitants - Analogy with Dyak houses- Enemies of the Sociable Weaver ; the monkey , the snake , and the parrakeet 416 CHAPTER XXIII . SOCIAL INSECTS . Arrangement of groups - Nests of ...
... object of tho Social nest - Average number of inhabitants - Analogy with Dyak houses- Enemies of the Sociable Weaver ; the monkey , the snake , and the parrakeet 416 CHAPTER XXIII . SOCIAL INSECTS . Arrangement of groups - Nests of ...
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... of worms . Yet , there is no doubt but that both beings receive equal pleasure in carrying out the object of their existence , and that the Mole feels no less gratifica- tion in the capture of a worm , than the THE MOLE . 5.
... of worms . Yet , there is no doubt but that both beings receive equal pleasure in carrying out the object of their existence , and that the Mole feels no less gratifica- tion in the capture of a worm , than the THE MOLE . 5.
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... object that can at present be surmised is , that the rightful owner of such a stronghold may rest safely in his middle chamber , tasting the reward of repose which sweetens labour , and that in case of alarm , he might escape through ...
... object that can at present be surmised is , that the rightful owner of such a stronghold may rest safely in his middle chamber , tasting the reward of repose which sweetens labour , and that in case of alarm , he might escape through ...
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