Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 3
... pass , therefore , from the handiwork of man to those dwellings which are constructed with feet or jaws or beaks , and which are never marred by incompetence or improved by practice . OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to B 2 ...
... pass , therefore , from the handiwork of man to those dwellings which are constructed with feet or jaws or beaks , and which are never marred by incompetence or improved by practice . OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to B 2 ...
Página 11
... pass up and down a passage already excavated . The sides of the passages , which are popularly known as the high roads , are by degrees worn quite smooth by the attrition of the Mole's body , so that in them there is little danger of ...
... pass up and down a passage already excavated . The sides of the passages , which are popularly known as the high roads , are by degrees worn quite smooth by the attrition of the Mole's body , so that in them there is little danger of ...
Página 12
... pass the whole of an active existence under ground . I say an active existence , because there are many other ... passing through the earth almost like a fish through the water , and giving to its strange , and 12 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
... pass the whole of an active existence under ground . I say an active existence , because there are many other ... passing through the earth almost like a fish through the water , and giving to its strange , and 12 HOMES WITHOUT HANDS .
Página 14
... pass by the place where the mole - catcher has strung up his victims on the trees as Louis XI . was accustomed to suspend the bodies of those who had committed the crime of trespassing on the royal domains . For my own part , I am but ...
... pass by the place where the mole - catcher has strung up his victims on the trees as Louis XI . was accustomed to suspend the bodies of those who had committed the crime of trespassing on the royal domains . For my own part , I am but ...
Página 19
... passes easily through wood ; if it follows the track of a smaller one , and on the same principle , the Fox passes easily through the earth on the track of the rabbit . The burrow of the latter animal is moreover much larger than is ...
... passes easily through wood ; if it follows the track of a smaller one , and on the same principle , the Fox passes easily through the earth on the track of the rabbit . The burrow of the latter animal is moreover much larger than is ...
Contenido
120 | |
151 | |
156 | |
161 | |
167 | |
176 | |
193 | |
199 | |
200 | |
213 | |
214 | |
223 | |
229 | |
230 | |
236 | |
249 | |
251 | |
255 | |
263 | |
276 | |
305 | |
310 | |
326 | |
343 | |
353 | |
446 | |
461 | |
467 | |
471 | |
477 | |
482 | |
494 | |
505 | |
513 | |
520 | |
527 | |
536 | |
545 | |
555 | |
566 | |
574 | |
585 | |
593 | |
596 | |
605 | |
616 | |
622 | |
624 | |
626 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young