Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York, Volumen3;Volumen7Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 1862 |
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abdomen abundant ambulatory feet Anal fin angle antennæ antero-lateral margin aperture avara base bill bird Bost branchial breadth cabinet carapax carpus caudal caudal fin Chelipeds color columella convex Cuba Cyclas Cyrena dactylus dark Diam differs distinct dorsal dorsal fin dredged edge eyes faths feathers female front genera genus Gill glaphyra Gould granulated grey Helix Hist inch Irides brown islands Key Biscayne last whorl Length of carapax Linn male maxillæ maxillipeds meros meros-joint mill Moll Müller and Henle narrow nearly oblique orbit outer pale rufous parietal tooth penult peristome plumage Portorico posterior Proc prominent pubescent region rostrum septemvolva shell sides smooth species specimens spines spots Stimpson striæ SUBFAM surface synonymy tail coverts tarsi teeth tentacles transverse tubercles umbilicus upper plumage W. G. Binney whorls wing wing-coverts Xantus yellow yellowish Zool
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Página 382 - Professor Owen's Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844 and 1846.
Página 252 - ... crown, and occiput sooty black; upper plumage dull bluish ash, the feathers of the back with brownish margins; tail of the same color as the back, partly tinged with dull rufous and crossed with four brown bars, three of which are imperfect, being but little developed on the outer webs; the outer bar, however, crosses both webs and is narrowly tipped with white...
Página 30 - Breadth one fourth of an inch. Inhabits Florida. Cabinet of the Academy. Animal longer than the breadth of the shell, acute behind, above granulated and blackish* beneath, and each side, white. This we found in the orange groves of Mr. Fatio, on the river St. John, East Florida; it is usually covered with a black, earthy coat, which is probably collected and detained by the hairs. When unincumbered with this vesture, the shell is of a horn colour. It is by no means so common as the preceding species....
Página 110 - Descriptions of Three New Species of Humming-birda. Remarks. — This specimen belongs to the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and was sent by Mr. John Xantns, whose investigations in the Ornithology of Western North America have been the means of adding many new birds to science. In compliment to him I have named it.
Página 287 - ... and two deeply seated within or near the base of the aperture ; peristome slightly expanded, columellar margin somewhat reflected. Long.
Página 28 - P. auriculata may be distinguished from the allied species by its larger size, the greater development of the several parts of its curious aperture, and especially by the sudden outward deflexure of the central part of the peristome, which has a deep scrobiculation behind it, corresponding with the upper tooth within the aperture.
Página 427 - The last whorl in front of the aperture, especially in the larger forms, is more or less angulated, but never carinated. The position of the parietal tooth is often rather oblique, but usually nearly parallel with the peristome, and is more or less distant from it. The nature of the epidermis varies ; in some forms the hairs are very numerous, in others comparatively few. Spiral impressed lines sometimes occur beneath the epidermis, at the base of the shell.
Página 433 - Shett depressed, with elevated lines, forming grooves ^between them; epidermis fuscous, rugose with very numerous minute tuberculous acute prominences; volutions five, depressed above, beneath rounded, forming an obtuse angle exteriorly, which is more acute near the termination of the labrum ; umbilicus covered with a white...
Página 1 - Body elongated, compressed, fusiform in profile; dorsal profile but slightly arched; snout rounded, the jaws subequal; maxillary gently curved, dilated posteriorly, and extending to a vertical line passing slightly behind the orbit; anterior margin of dorsal nearer the extremity of the snout than to the insertion of caudal fin; colors of the head and back, in the fresh specimen, rich dark...
Página 42 - Annual Report of the Regents of the University, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection annexed thereto.