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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... colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending from the neck to the tail ; length four inches , without the tail . Incisors ( cutting - teeth ) strong , and deep orange- colour on ...
... colour , deep ferruginous red ; back marked with four equidistant stripes , nearly black , extending from the neck to the tail ; length four inches , without the tail . Incisors ( cutting - teeth ) strong , and deep orange- colour on ...
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... colour than those found in Africa . They attach their eggs to the fibres of the wool or flannel . Whether they always lay the same number I do not know , but I have one I preserved many years ago , and it has five eggs of a plain oval ...
... colour than those found in Africa . They attach their eggs to the fibres of the wool or flannel . Whether they always lay the same number I do not know , but I have one I preserved many years ago , and it has five eggs of a plain oval ...
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... colour and appearance exactly resembles a very minute electrical spark , perfectly sharp and distinct , not at all like the light from dead shell - fish . - E . T. Scott . GUANO AND GUANO - BIRDS . Much has been spoken about the Guano ...
... colour and appearance exactly resembles a very minute electrical spark , perfectly sharp and distinct , not at all like the light from dead shell - fish . - E . T. Scott . GUANO AND GUANO - BIRDS . Much has been spoken about the Guano ...
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... colour , originally found in the vicinity of Pozzuoli , not far from Naples . Similar material has since been obtained in large quantities from extinct volcanic districts , especially at Vivarais , inCentral France , at Brühl , near ...
... colour , originally found in the vicinity of Pozzuoli , not far from Naples . Similar material has since been obtained in large quantities from extinct volcanic districts , especially at Vivarais , inCentral France , at Brühl , near ...
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... colour- ing on the upper surface of the wings . The red , black , white , and blue remind one of the glories of the ... colours themselves fade slightly . At the meeting of the Microscopical Society , in December last , the subject of ...
... colour- ing on the upper surface of the wings . The red , black , white , and blue remind one of the glories of the ... colours themselves fade slightly . At the meeting of the Microscopical Society , in December last , the subject of ...
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