Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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... body , a grey stripe along the top of the head , joining two others passing below the eyes , a hoary patch behind the ears ; general colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending ...
... body , a grey stripe along the top of the head , joining two others passing below the eyes , a hoary patch behind the ears ; general colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending ...
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... body was still partially covered with down , he one night took six full - grown mice for supper ( breakfast ? ) and would have taken more if he could have got them : he swallowed them all whole . He does not , how- ever , as some ...
... body was still partially covered with down , he one night took six full - grown mice for supper ( breakfast ? ) and would have taken more if he could have got them : he swallowed them all whole . He does not , how- ever , as some ...
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... body , making the centre the pivot , and at the same time beating the water with his fins . This motion increased regularly in rapidity for a minute or so , when it ceased abruptly , and the fish darted off either in pursuit of some ...
... body , making the centre the pivot , and at the same time beating the water with his fins . This motion increased regularly in rapidity for a minute or so , when it ceased abruptly , and the fish darted off either in pursuit of some ...
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... body of the fly round , and presses it until it becomes a shapeless mass of juicy pulp . The mandibles contain the poison , and the poison duct may be traced to the extremity of the claw , if the latter be sufficiently bleached before ...
... body of the fly round , and presses it until it becomes a shapeless mass of juicy pulp . The mandibles contain the poison , and the poison duct may be traced to the extremity of the claw , if the latter be sufficiently bleached before ...
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... body of them left us at this place on the 10th October . Almost every year it may be remarked that a few will be seen again about the middle of November , and accordingly this year a few made their appearance on the 12th and 13th ...
... body of them left us at this place on the 10th October . Almost every year it may be remarked that a few will be seen again about the middle of November , and accordingly this year a few made their appearance on the 12th and 13th ...
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