The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of LondonLongman, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1869 - Zoology |
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abdominal adult alveolar surface anal animal appears base beak bird body bone branchial arch British Museum broad brown bulla Carnivora cartilage caudal caudal fin central characters collection colour concave connecting spicula convex Dactylocalyx dermal membrane described diameter dilated distinct dorsal dorsal fin edge elongated eustachian tubes expansile dermal external feathers female fibres flat foramen front genera genus Gray groove gular hairs hexradiate hinder Hyæna inner internal nostrils Islands Lateral line Length of head linear longitudinal lower jaw Mahé male mandible margin middle muscle narrow nearly onocrotalus Ooriah orbit outer P. L. SCLATER paroccipital pectoral Plate portion posterior present ridge rigid skeleton rounded sacral vertebra Sclater shields short side siliceo-fibrous skin skull slightly snout species specimen spiculum spines sponge spots sternum structure tail teeth Tinta toes total length transverse Tungasuca tympanic cavity upper jaw Viverrida Zool zygomatic arch
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Page 144 - I saw a slit, only about half an inch wide and three or four inches long, in a slight hollow of the tree. Thinking the word 'Korwe* ' denoted some small animal, I waited with interest to see what he would extract; he broke the clay which surrounded the slit, put his arm into the hole, and brought...
Page 579 - The one mentioned was full-grown, although it measured only seven inches in length of body. It was covered with long, white, silky hairs, the tail being blackish, and the face nearly naked and flesh-coloured. It was a most timid and sensitive little thing. The woman who owned it carried it constantly in her bosom, and no money would induce her to part with her pet. She called it Mice.
Page 143 - ... out her head. Here she must sit during her incubation, for if she breaks through the inclosure her life pays the forfeit ; but to compensate for the loss of freedom, her spirited mate is ever on the alert to gratify his dainty mistress, who compels him to bring all her viands unbroken, for if a fig or any fruit be injured, she will not touch it.
Page 144 - Hornbill, which he killed. He informed me that when the female enters her nest she submits to a real confinement. The male plasters up the entrance, leaving only a narrow slit by which to feed his mate, and which exactly suits the form of his beak. The female makes a nest of her own feathers, lays her eggs, hatches them, and remains with the young till they are fully fledged.
Page 144 - He informed me that, when the female enters her nest, she submits to a real confinement. The male plasters up the entrance, leaving only a narrow slit by which to feed his mate, and which exactly suits the form of his beak. The female makes a nest of her own feathers, lays her eggs, hatches them, and remains with the young till they are fully fledged. During all this time, which is stated to be two or three months, the male continues to feed her and the young family. The prisoner generally becomes...
Page 579 - It was covered with long, white, silky hairs, the tail was blackish, and the face nearly naked and flesh-coloured. It was a most timid and sensitive little thing. The woman who owned it carried it constantly in her bosom, and no money would induce her to part with her pet. She called it Mico. It fed from her mouth and allowed her to fondle it freely, but the nervous little creature would not permit strangers to touch it. If any one attempted to do so it shrank back, the whole body trembling with...
Page 144 - ... the form of his beak. The female makes a nest of her own feathers, lays her eggs, hatches them, and remains with the young till they are fully fledged. During all this time, which is stated to be two or three months, the male continues to feed her and the young family. The prisoner generally becomes quite fat, and is esteemed a very dainty morsel by the natives, while the poor slave of a husband gets so lean that, on the sudden lowering of the temperature which sometimes happens after a fall...
Page 5 - On some of the Foramina at the base of the Skull in Mammalia, and on the Classification of the Order Carnívora. — Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 63.
Page 227 - ... shining white. The back becomes white within eight days. During the whole of this remarkable change in the fur, no hair falls from the animal : hence it appears, that the hair actually changes its colour, and that there is no renewal of it. The fur retains its white...
Page xiv - Lepus americanus, especially with reference to the modifications in the fur consequent on the rotation of the seasons, and the change of colour on the advent of winter; based on specimens obtained in the province of New Brunswick, North America.