Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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Page 18
... shells . In the early morning the birds come from near and far with the land - snails they have found , and beat them ruthlessly to death on the stone . It is not everywhere that they can find such a convenient anvil , in this stretch ...
... shells . In the early morning the birds come from near and far with the land - snails they have found , and beat them ruthlessly to death on the stone . It is not everywhere that they can find such a convenient anvil , in this stretch ...
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... SHELLS IN BANFFSHIRE . - I append a short list of shells found during two rambles last October , at Aberlour , Banffshire . This granite country yields few shells , many only being found near walls and rubbish heaps , where more mortar ...
... SHELLS IN BANFFSHIRE . - I append a short list of shells found during two rambles last October , at Aberlour , Banffshire . This granite country yields few shells , many only being found near walls and rubbish heaps , where more mortar ...
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... shells you sent are all rightly named except No. 2 , which is Planorbis carinatus , not P. vivipara- the latter is very much larger . The fungus on leaf of sweet William is Puccinia lychnidearum . T. S. A. - Get Dr. Cooke's recently ...
... shells you sent are all rightly named except No. 2 , which is Planorbis carinatus , not P. vivipara- the latter is very much larger . The fungus on leaf of sweet William is Puccinia lychnidearum . T. S. A. - Get Dr. Cooke's recently ...
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... shells in exchange for micro - slides , insects , shells not in collection , or books on any of the above subjects , or what offers ? -W . D. Rae , 9 Claremont Terrace , Alpha Road , Millwall , London , E. OFFERED , SCIENCE - GOSSIP for ...
... shells in exchange for micro - slides , insects , shells not in collection , or books on any of the above subjects , or what offers ? -W . D. Rae , 9 Claremont Terrace , Alpha Road , Millwall , London , E. OFFERED , SCIENCE - GOSSIP for ...
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... shell . When he has quite recovered his breath be " goes for it " again , this time with his " nib " thrust through a crack in the shell , which soon flies to fragments under repeated blows , and discloses the coveted treasure . But ...
... shell . When he has quite recovered his breath be " goes for it " again , this time with his " nib " thrust through a crack in the shell , which soon flies to fragments under repeated blows , and discloses the coveted treasure . But ...
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