Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 13. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1877 |
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Page 79
... seals ( Phocida ) , and Walrus ( Trichechus ) ; from both of which they are distinguished by the possession of an external ear ; hence the family to which they belong is appropriately named Otariida . Unlike the true seals , which seem ...
... seals ( Phocida ) , and Walrus ( Trichechus ) ; from both of which they are distinguished by the possession of an external ear ; hence the family to which they belong is appropriately named Otariida . Unlike the true seals , which seem ...
Page 126
... seals as means of propulsion in the water , whereas in the eared seals they form the chief organs used for that purpose , and in the walrus all four limbs are employed . + Dr. Robert Brown on the " Seals of Greenland . ' Re- printed ...
... seals as means of propulsion in the water , whereas in the eared seals they form the chief organs used for that purpose , and in the walrus all four limbs are employed . + Dr. Robert Brown on the " Seals of Greenland . ' Re- printed ...
Page 127
... seals to the ton of oil , would show the vast number of 52,800 seals to have fallen to the British ships alone in that season , exclusive of those wounded and lost , or otherwise destroyed . Dr. Wallace * estimates the annual produce of ...
... seals to the ton of oil , would show the vast number of 52,800 seals to have fallen to the British ships alone in that season , exclusive of those wounded and lost , or otherwise destroyed . Dr. Wallace * estimates the annual produce of ...
Contents
HALFHOURS AT THE SEASIDE or Recreations with Marine Objects | 45 |
THE AQUARIUM its Inhabitants Structure and Management Illustrated | 186 |
NOTES ON COLLECTING AND PRESERVING NATURAL HISTORY OBJECTS | 211 |
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