From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 21
Page 89
The members of all four families are parasites , and all have developed the habit ,
extraordinary among insects , of producing living young . The fecundity of insects
is notorious , but these produce only one at a birth . The credit of establishing ...
The members of all four families are parasites , and all have developed the habit ,
extraordinary among insects , of producing living young . The fecundity of insects
is notorious , but these produce only one at a birth . The credit of establishing ...
Page 90
that all parasitic animals are descended from free - living ancestors . There is ,
moreover , reason to hold that the Diptera pupipara is not a natural group ; that is
to say , it is what naturalists called polyphyletic , meaning that the families which ...
that all parasitic animals are descended from free - living ancestors . There is ,
moreover , reason to hold that the Diptera pupipara is not a natural group ; that is
to say , it is what naturalists called polyphyletic , meaning that the families which ...
Page 91
They , too , produce living young , but in a much less advanced stage of
development . They are the nearest living relations of the Hippoboscid family .
Now it suggests food for thought that the Tsetse - flies are said to show a
preference for the ...
They , too , produce living young , but in a much less advanced stage of
development . They are the nearest living relations of the Hippoboscid family .
Now it suggests food for thought that the Tsetse - flies are said to show a
preference for the ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Germany Turkey and the Armenian Massacres | 10 |
Greek Portraits in the British Museum | 41 |
Sir Alfred Lyall and Indian Problems | 56 |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Allies appears Arab army attack Austria authority become believed British called cause century character Church common complete course effect Empire England English existence fact feeling followed force France French front German Government hand House human idea ideal important independent individual industrial interest Italy Japan Labour Labour Party later less letters living Lord matter means ment military mind movement Nature never object Office once opinion organisation original parasites Party peace picture political position possible practical present Press principle progress question rationing reason regard represented result Russia scheme secure seems side social Socialist society spirit story success things thought tion trade true truth whole
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Quarterly Review, 234. köide |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1920 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 okt. 2005 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |