Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... reader a clear and definite idea of the subject . For this reason , a table of contents is appended to the work , as well as an alphabetical index ; the one to enable the reader to form a general conception of the subject , and the ...
... reader a clear and definite idea of the subject . For this reason , a table of contents is appended to the work , as well as an alphabetical index ; the one to enable the reader to form a general conception of the subject , and the ...
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... reader will be able to estimate the extraordinary energies of this animal , as well as the wonderful instincts with which it is endowed . What a surprising effort of intuitive skill is shown in the fortress , with its central chamber ...
... reader will be able to estimate the extraordinary energies of this animal , as well as the wonderful instincts with which it is endowed . What a surprising effort of intuitive skill is shown in the fortress , with its central chamber ...
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... reader may not have noticed that when the fur of the Mole has been thoroughly cleansed , it has a strong iridescence in certain lights , assuming various beautiful tints , among which a ruddy copper is the most prevalent . Another ...
... reader may not have noticed that when the fur of the Mole has been thoroughly cleansed , it has a strong iridescence in certain lights , assuming various beautiful tints , among which a ruddy copper is the most prevalent . Another ...
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... reader to procure , or at all events to examine , the skeleton of a Mole , and to note the wonderful structure by which such effects are produced . The enormous shoulder - blades , projecting far above the spine , the short , bowed ...
... reader to procure , or at all events to examine , the skeleton of a Mole , and to note the wonderful structure by which such effects are produced . The enormous shoulder - blades , projecting far above the spine , the short , bowed ...
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... , however , the nursery for the young , a second cavity being used for that purpose . The nursery is rot of great dimensions , and communicates by a passage with the C chamber already mentioned . The reader will see , therefore THE FOX .
... , however , the nursery for the young , a second cavity being used for that purpose . The nursery is rot of great dimensions , and communicates by a passage with the C chamber already mentioned . The reader will see , therefore THE FOX .
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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