Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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... wings and other remains of insects , but I noticed that small birds flew through it without hesitation . From time to time I saw other examples , some larger than the first , but there was ever one point not a little mysterious about ...
... wings and other remains of insects , but I noticed that small birds flew through it without hesitation . From time to time I saw other examples , some larger than the first , but there was ever one point not a little mysterious about ...
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... wing as he passed from one elevated perch to another . On a cursory examina- tion of the nest of the swallow , it was found to be quite new - of the present season - to be complete in the shell and apparently ready for its lining of ...
... wing as he passed from one elevated perch to another . On a cursory examina- tion of the nest of the swallow , it was found to be quite new - of the present season - to be complete in the shell and apparently ready for its lining of ...
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... wing of the chick , in which , at an early period the indications of a former five - toed condition can be seen ; the germs of teeth destined never to cut the gum , and the consolidation of the bones in ruminants and equid¿ ; and the ...
... wing of the chick , in which , at an early period the indications of a former five - toed condition can be seen ; the germs of teeth destined never to cut the gum , and the consolidation of the bones in ruminants and equid¿ ; and the ...
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... wings are perfectly white . The females are the only ones of any value , from a commercial point of view . When they have selected the leaf which is to serve them as a habitation , they fix themselves to a leaf by their proboscis and ...
... wings are perfectly white . The females are the only ones of any value , from a commercial point of view . When they have selected the leaf which is to serve them as a habitation , they fix themselves to a leaf by their proboscis and ...
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... wing , it is of invaluable assistance when the collector is able to recognise at sight the family to which the intended capture belongs . In sweeping , much discretion and experience is necessary , as the net rapidly fills with twigs ...
... wing , it is of invaluable assistance when the collector is able to recognise at sight the family to which the intended capture belongs . In sweeping , much discretion and experience is necessary , as the net rapidly fills with twigs ...
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