The Harmonies of Nature; Or, The Unity of CreationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... Young - The Rhynchites Betula Dung and Sexton Beetles - Their Remarkable Intelli- gence The Sand Wasp - Ichneumon Flies - Breeze Flies - The Earwig - The Mole Cricket - The Dirt Dauber and Trypoxylon - The Leaf - cutters - The Carpenter ...
... Young - The Rhynchites Betula Dung and Sexton Beetles - Their Remarkable Intelli- gence The Sand Wasp - Ichneumon Flies - Breeze Flies - The Earwig - The Mole Cricket - The Dirt Dauber and Trypoxylon - The Leaf - cutters - The Carpenter ...
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... Young - The Lämmergeier - Artifices of the Lapwing and Ostrich -- Memory and Intelligence of Birds - Migratory Instinct 286 CHAPTER XXVII . MAMMALIA . Modifications in the Structure of the Limbs of Mammalia - Fins of the Whale , Walrus ...
... Young - The Lämmergeier - Artifices of the Lapwing and Ostrich -- Memory and Intelligence of Birds - Migratory Instinct 286 CHAPTER XXVII . MAMMALIA . Modifications in the Structure of the Limbs of Mammalia - Fins of the Whale , Walrus ...
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... young to face 370 Necrophorus Vespillo 221 Walrus , tusks of 344 . Nests of the Trypoxylon and Man : - : - Pelopaus 226 Acoustic nerve , expansion of Peacock butterfly 206 the 385 • Pimpla persuasoria 223 Skull , human 390 Raft spider ...
... young to face 370 Necrophorus Vespillo 221 Walrus , tusks of 344 . Nests of the Trypoxylon and Man : - : - Pelopaus 226 Acoustic nerve , expansion of Peacock butterfly 206 the 385 • Pimpla persuasoria 223 Skull , human 390 Raft spider ...
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... young child , which , on the rind being removed , is found to be a mass of cellular tissue filled with fluid much like that in a young turnip . Owing to the depth beneath the surface at which it is found , it is generally deliciously ...
... young child , which , on the rind being removed , is found to be a mass of cellular tissue filled with fluid much like that in a young turnip . Owing to the depth beneath the surface at which it is found , it is generally deliciously ...
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... young mangrove grows upwards , pendulous roots issue from the trunk and inferior branches , and ultimately strike into the muddy ground , where they increase to the thickness of a man's leg ; so that the whole has the appearance of a ...
... young mangrove grows upwards , pendulous roots issue from the trunk and inferior branches , and ultimately strike into the muddy ground , where they increase to the thickness of a man's leg ; so that the whole has the appearance of a ...
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