Introduction to zoologyMacmillan Company, 1900 - 412 Seiten |
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abdomen abundant adult allied Amphibia antennæ aperture appendages APPENDIX TO CHAPTER aquatic b₁ beetles belong birds body bones Bryozoa burrows Butterflies centimetres chiefly cilia clam Cnidaria coast colony color common commonest corals coxæ crabs crayfish Crustacea Daphnia Dorsal view DRAWINGS earthworm Eastern eggs Entomostraca Europe feed feet female fishes foot fresh-water gastropods genus gills habits head hind Hydra hydroid Infusoria insects jaws jelly-fishes larva larvæ legs length Leunis living animal lizards lobster mammals mantle marine maxillæ maxillipeds mollusks mouth Nereis nest North America occur operculum organs pairs Paramecium parapodia parasitic Photo plants plates ponds posterior proboscis Protozoa QUESTIONS ON EXTERNAL segments shell side skin slug snail South sparrow species spiders spines starfish surface tail teeth tentacles thoracic tion TOPICS FOR FURTHER tropical tube valve ventral vertebrates whorls wings worms York young Zoology
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Seite 3 - ... a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, •574and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 3 - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Seite 3 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Seite 3 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks...
Seite 372 - Department of the British Museum. A MANUAL OF THE INFUSORIA. Including a Description of the Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and Foreign, and an account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.
Seite 128 - ... by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.
Seite 127 - When we behold a wide, turf-covered expanse, we should remember that its smoothness, on which so much of its beauty depends, is mainly due to all the inequalities having been slowly levelled by worms. It is a marvellous reflection that the whole of the superficial mould over any such expanse has passed, and will again pass, every few years through the bodies of worms.
Seite 373 - American fishes. A popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture.
Seite 3 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 336 - The habits and food of butterflies. (2) The number of broods of butterflies during a single season and seasonal dimorphism. (3) Protective resemblance and mimicry. (4) The larger divisions and commoner native forms of lepidoptera. (Examples of lepidoptera illustrating the commoner native types should be shown, and students encouraged to collect and classify them.) (5) The hymenoptera ; their structure, classification, and habits. ZOOLOGICAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE OF SIXTY, NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL...