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Common terms and phrasesabdomen anal fin animal antennae aperture appendages bands beak beautiful beetles belonging body British brown burrow called captured carapace cells cephalothorax claws coasts colour common covered crab creature crustaceans curious dark dorsal fin edge eggs elytra engraving example extremely eyes feeds feet female fish flat flattened foot footstalks Frog front furnished Genus gills green habits head hook horny illustration inches in length inhabitants insects jaws joint known larva limbs living Lizard male mandibles membranous molluscs moth mouth native nearly operculum pectoral fins peculiar placed plates polyzoa prey proboscis projecting remarkable represented reptile resemblance round rows sand scales seas seen Serpent shape sharp shell short side skin slender Snake soft sometimes species specimen spider spines spots statoblast strong structure substance surface tail teeth tentacles thorax toothed tube upper vertebrae wings yellow young zoophytes Popular passagesPage 365 - Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed! Page 365 - Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low- vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Page 365 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more. Page 25 - ... sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. Page 278 - In this manner the merciless pursuer seemed to stride along the sea with fearful rapidity, while his brilliant coat sparkled and flashed in the sun quite splendidly. As he fell headlong on the water at the end of each huge leap, a series of circles were sent far over the still surface, -which lay as smooth as a mirror. Page 136 - ... than the rest, actually scans its lips, and almost without resistance becomes a meal for its enemy. During such a proceeding the snake is generally observed with its head raised about ten or twelve inches above the branch round which its body and tail are entwined, with its mouth open and its neck inflated, as if anxiously endeavouring to increase the terror which it would almost appear it was aware would sooner or later bring within its grasp some one of the feathered group. "Whatever may be... Page 607 - The Birgos is diurnal in its habits; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its branchiae. Page 362 - It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacula only, a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing... Page 556 - ... able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion. Those which are in good condition often perish soon after the bite is inflicted, with staggering and blindness, as if the brain were affected by it. Sudden changes of temperature produced by falls of rain seem to hasten the progress of the complaint; but in general, the emaciation goes on uninterruptedly for months, and do what we will, the poor animals perish miserably. Page 556 - ... begin to run, the coat stares as if the animal were cold, a swelling appears under the jaw, and sometimes at the navel ; and, though the animal continues to graze, emaciation commences, accompanied with a peculiar flaccidity of the muscles, and this proceeds unchecked until, perhaps months afterward, purging comes on, and the animal, no longer able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarA Survey of Birds Odorous or Unpalatable to Humans: Possible ...Paul J Weldon, John H Rappole - 1997 - Journal of Chemical Ecology The Ecology, Biogeography and Conservation of the Uakaris, Cacajao ...Adrian Ashtoiì Bennett Douglas Brandon-Jones - 1997 - Folia Primato Mydaus javanensisYeen Ten Hwang, Serge Larivière - 2003 - Mammalian Species Snakes versus Birds; Birds versus SnakesJE Guthrie - 1932 - The Wilson Bulletin References from web pagesBiodiversity Heritage Library: Information about 'The illustrated ... 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