Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 7. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1871 |
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... means at their disposal should not undertake the keeping and study of the more delicate animals of our seas and shores ; as , by such means , many disconnected facts and observations in natural history may be linked together in a manner ...
... means at their disposal should not undertake the keeping and study of the more delicate animals of our seas and shores ; as , by such means , many disconnected facts and observations in natural history may be linked together in a manner ...
Page 249
... means of defence , and the second by insensible means of resistance , indepen- dent of the will or effort of the insect . Familiar examples of the first are the poison - laden stings of the hornet , the wasp , and the bee . These ...
... means of defence , and the second by insensible means of resistance , indepen- dent of the will or effort of the insect . Familiar examples of the first are the poison - laden stings of the hornet , the wasp , and the bee . These ...
Page 250
... means of defence . Birds , as a rule , are averse to picking up dead game , and consequently many of the insects which possess the power of feigning death escape destruction by this means . Other examples of insects emitting fluids are ...
... means of defence . Birds , as a rule , are averse to picking up dead game , and consequently many of the insects which possess the power of feigning death escape destruction by this means . Other examples of insects emitting fluids are ...
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