Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... covered with patches of furze bushes ; for the soil is easily excavated , and is very dry , and the young shoots of the furze yield a food equally grateful and nutritious . More- over , the tangled roots of the furze afford an excellent ...
... covered with patches of furze bushes ; for the soil is easily excavated , and is very dry , and the young shoots of the furze yield a food equally grateful and nutritious . More- over , the tangled roots of the furze afford an excellent ...
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... covered by the thickly - furred skin . The burrow which it makes is very like that of the Gopher , and consists of a series of tun- nels driven through the earth at no great depth from the surface , and from which radiate a vast number ...
... covered by the thickly - furred skin . The burrow which it makes is very like that of the Gopher , and consists of a series of tun- nels driven through the earth at no great depth from the surface , and from which radiate a vast number ...
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... covered sheep , the hidden Bear may be discovered by means of the little hole which is made by the warm breath , and is rendered more dis- tinguishable by the hoarfrost which collects around it . This curious abode is not sought by ...
... covered sheep , the hidden Bear may be discovered by means of the little hole which is made by the warm breath , and is rendered more dis- tinguishable by the hoarfrost which collects around it . This curious abode is not sought by ...
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... covered with a thick mantle of snow . FROM a work of this character , so remarkable an animal as the PICHICIAGO ought not to be omitted . Its scientific name is Chlamyphorus truncatus , and is very happily chosen , as will presently be ...
... covered with a thick mantle of snow . FROM a work of this character , so remarkable an animal as the PICHICIAGO ought not to be omitted . Its scientific name is Chlamyphorus truncatus , and is very happily chosen , as will presently be ...
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... covered with a coat of soft , yellowish fur , nearly as fine as that of the mole , and much longer , but not so dense . The scientific name of the Pichiciago relates to the mail - clad body and the peculiar form of the hind- quarters ...
... covered with a coat of soft , yellowish fur , nearly as fine as that of the mole , and much longer , but not so dense . The scientific name of the Pichiciago relates to the mail - clad body and the peculiar form of the hind- quarters ...
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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