Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh: For the Promotion of Zoology and Other Branches of Natural History, 2. kötetRoyal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 1863 |
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... appear also to have extended its opera- tions beyond the ordinary limit of science ; for I find in the minutes of 12th January 1840 , " on the motion of Professor Jameson , it was unanimously agreed that the members of this Society will ...
... appear also to have extended its opera- tions beyond the ordinary limit of science ; for I find in the minutes of 12th January 1840 , " on the motion of Professor Jameson , it was unanimously agreed that the members of this Society will ...
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... appears to me to have a good means of defence in his brow antler . Generally , however , he is taken at a disadvantage ; when lying down , and off his guard , the lynx ( of the cat tribe ) moves stealthily along , and with a bound ...
... appears to me to have a good means of defence in his brow antler . Generally , however , he is taken at a disadvantage ; when lying down , and off his guard , the lynx ( of the cat tribe ) moves stealthily along , and with a bound ...
17. oldal
... appear that the American species uses its feet in clearing away the snow from its food , as much as the Lap- land species does ; and the cup - shaped structure of its feet , as shown in the specimens now sent home , is admirably adapted ...
... appear that the American species uses its feet in clearing away the snow from its food , as much as the Lap- land species does ; and the cup - shaped structure of its feet , as shown in the specimens now sent home , is admirably adapted ...
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... appear to be confined to their southern parts . I have received none from my northern cor- respondents , but only from Canada , where it would appear not to be rare . MUSK RAT ( Fiber zibethicus , Cuv . ) - This is a very com- mon ...
... appear to be confined to their southern parts . I have received none from my northern cor- respondents , but only from Canada , where it would appear not to be rare . MUSK RAT ( Fiber zibethicus , Cuv . ) - This is a very com- mon ...
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... this is a character of little value , depending merely on the greater or less plumpness of the individual ; but VOL . II . D it does not appear to be so , and other Natural History of the Hudson's Bay Territories . 25.
... this is a character of little value , depending merely on the greater or less plumpness of the individual ; but VOL . II . D it does not appear to be so , and other Natural History of the Hudson's Bay Territories . 25.
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Angwántibo animal appearance Atractylis belonged bird body boulder clay British Bryson Canada goose cells character clay coast Coleoptera colour common corallum Coryne crania cranium deposit described distinct dorsal Dr M'Bain Dr Smith ectoderm Edinburgh entomologists ethmoid Eudendrium examined exhibited extremity feet Firth fish foramen fossil genera genus Gmel Hudson's Bay inches in length John JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH Lagotia Lake Station larvæ Linn lobules male margin mass membrane Moose Factory Murray muscle Museum Natural History naturalists notice observed Old Calabar orbital Perodicticus Plate plumage polyp polypary portion posterior Potto present rare reproductive resemblance rounded sandstone Scotland seen sent Severn House shells side skull Society species specimen sphenoidal spongy bones spines STRETHILL WRIGHT structure surface tail teeth tentacles thread-cells tion transverse Trout Lake Trout Lake Station tubercle upper vertebra vomer young zoophyte
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378. oldal - Polypary branched, spirally twisted. Polyps pale orange, with two rows of tentacles. The lower row from 4 to 12, the upper row from 2 to 8 capitate.
34. oldal - The gemmule (says he) having adhered to the glass, grows out into a lengthened form, variously knotted and swollen, and frequently dividing into two branches, the whole adhering closely to the glass. After a day or two's growth in this manner, a perpendicular stem begins to shoot from some point of this creeping root, and soon separates into four straight, slender, slightly divergent tentacles, which shoot to a considerable length. The little creature is now a polyp of four tentacles." At this stage...