Half-hours in the Green Lanes: a Book for a Country StrollDavid Bogue, 1879 - 328 pages |
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... Toad - Prejudices concerning ditto The Natterjack - How a Toad moults— Toad and Frog Spawn - Geological antiquity of reptiles- Relations between reptiles and birds - The Ringed Snake -Eggs of ditto - Habits of ditto - Snake and Viper ...
... Toad - Prejudices concerning ditto The Natterjack - How a Toad moults— Toad and Frog Spawn - Geological antiquity of reptiles- Relations between reptiles and birds - The Ringed Snake -Eggs of ditto - Habits of ditto - Snake and Viper ...
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... Toad Flax - Bitter - sweet - Old Man's Beard - Seeds of plants when magnified - Great Mullein- Hairs of plants - Milk - wort - Honeysuckle - Primrose - Fig- wort - Eye - bright - Pollen of flowers when magnified - Plant- crystals or ...
... Toad Flax - Bitter - sweet - Old Man's Beard - Seeds of plants when magnified - Great Mullein- Hairs of plants - Milk - wort - Honeysuckle - Primrose - Fig- wort - Eye - bright - Pollen of flowers when magnified - Plant- crystals or ...
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... toad could " spit fire , " and the convulsive action of the throat , caused by these reptiles being obliged to swallow their air instead of breathing it , was sincerely regarded by us as a sign that the toad " was getting ready to spit ...
... toad could " spit fire , " and the convulsive action of the throat , caused by these reptiles being obliged to swallow their air instead of breathing it , was sincerely regarded by us as a sign that the toad " was getting ready to spit ...
Page 70
... toads to death , and to destroy reptiles of every kind whenever met with . They were thus the means of introducing innocent child- hood to acts of cruelty and destruction , and of forming habits which , in after life it may be , were ...
... toads to death , and to destroy reptiles of every kind whenever met with . They were thus the means of introducing innocent child- hood to acts of cruelty and destruction , and of forming habits which , in after life it may be , were ...
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... toads usually possess two sets of gills , one external and the other internal . The former , however , are the soonest lost . The true lungs of the amphibians never reach such a high stage of development as is to be found in the true ...
... toads usually possess two sets of gills , one external and the other internal . The former , however , are the soonest lost . The true lungs of the amphibians never reach such a high stage of development as is to be found in the true ...
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