Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... animal Life -The CHIPPING SQUIRREL - Curious form of its Dwelling - Its subterranean Treasures - The WOODCHUCK , the ... animals require a Home , either as a shelter from the weather , or a defence against their enemies . Of all forms of ...
... animal Life -The CHIPPING SQUIRREL - Curious form of its Dwelling - Its subterranean Treasures - The WOODCHUCK , the ... animals require a Home , either as a shelter from the weather , or a defence against their enemies . Of all forms of ...
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Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction John George Wood. OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to take the first place in our list of burrowers . This extraordinary ...
Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction John George Wood. OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to take the first place in our list of burrowers . This extraordinary ...
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... animal , and have watched many of its habits , as far as can be done under the very untoward circumstances that always must exist when the animal to be watched is essentially subterranean in its habits . The Mole cannot develop its ...
... animal , and have watched many of its habits , as far as can be done under the very untoward circumstances that always must exist when the animal to be watched is essentially subterranean in its habits . The Mole cannot develop its ...
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... animal . As for ourselves and other eye - possessing animals , to walk in a straight line with closed eyelids is almost an impossibility , and every swimmer knows the difficulty of keeping a straight course under water , even with the ...
... animal . As for ourselves and other eye - possessing animals , to walk in a straight line with closed eyelids is almost an impossibility , and every swimmer knows the difficulty of keeping a straight course under water , even with the ...
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... animal eat , I can readily conceive the fury with which it must be animated when it fights , and can perfectly appreciate the truth of the assertion , that it has been observed to fling itself upon a small bird , to tear its body open ...
... animal eat , I can readily conceive the fury with which it must be animated when it fights , and can perfectly appreciate the truth of the assertion , that it has been observed to fling itself upon a small bird , to tear its body open ...
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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