Links in a Long Chain: From Worms to Birds. With 81 Illustrations |
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able Africa America amongst AMPHIBIA antennæ Asia AVOCET backbones beautiful bees BEETLE bills birds blood bodies BONY FISHES born from eggs breathe British Isles build their nests BUNTING burrow Butterflies Caddis Flies called caterpillars cells Centipedes chief peculiarities claws cocoons COMMON COMMON CRANE creatures different kinds Dipnoi divided drones EAGLE eggs EUROPEAN ROLLER eyes FALCON feathers feed feet fins fleas Flies frogs full-grown gills gnat Gristly Fishes ground group belong grubs habits hive holes honey HOOPOES HUMMING-BIRD insects juices Lancelets LANTERN FLY larvæ lay their eggs legs LESSON LIZARDS male mammals MOTH mother mouths Name naturalists nearly related NORTHERN DIVER Ostriches perfect insects PIGEON Plant Lice prey queen reptiles resemble scales SCORPION SEA-SQUIRT shewn in Fig shews SNAKES sometimes Southern Europe spiders spin Straight-winged strong sucking Surinam Toad swim tails TITMOUSES toes trees varieties VULTURE WATER BOATMAN whilst WINGED INSECTS workers worms
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Page 91 - Schneider, to represent those species which spend part of their lives in water and part on land, and Terrapene Carolina Linnaeus, as a strictly land inhabiting form.
Page 103 - One of these fossils is in the British Museum, and the other in the Berlin Museum.
Page 168 - Asia ; the BOLD EAGLE of Australia ; the MARTIAL EAGLE of South Africa ; the SEA-EAGLE of Northern Europe and Asia ; and the CRESTED EAGLES of the Tropics.