The Illustrated Natural HistoryG. Routledge and Sons, 1863 - 810 pages |
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... colour of the Sooty Amphisbæna is rather variable , but consists of black and white . Its length is about three feet . There are several species of this genus in the British Museum , one of which , the White Amphisbæna ( Amphisbæna alba ) ...
... colour of the Sooty Amphisbæna is rather variable , but consists of black and white . Its length is about three feet . There are several species of this genus in the British Museum , one of which , the White Amphisbæna ( Amphisbæna alba ) ...
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... colour of this species is olive - green above , with three streaks of a paler hue , and a double series of black spots on the back . Below it is greenish white . The other species is the GREAT DRAGON ( Ada Guianensis ) , a native of ...
... colour of this species is olive - green above , with three streaks of a paler hue , and a double series of black spots on the back . Below it is greenish white . The other species is the GREAT DRAGON ( Ada Guianensis ) , a native of ...
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... colour of this Lizard is very beautiful , rendering it one of the most lovely of its tribe . The ground colour of the body is bright glittering green as if covered with an armour of emeralds , upon which are set along the sides some ...
... colour of this Lizard is very beautiful , rendering it one of the most lovely of its tribe . The ground colour of the body is bright glittering green as if covered with an armour of emeralds , upon which are set along the sides some ...
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... colour is coppery grey , with five rows of rather oblong white spots with black centres , and a few black streaks drawn obliquely upon the sides of the neck . The DELMA ( Delma Fraseri ) is very like the pygopus , but may be ...
... colour is coppery grey , with five rows of rather oblong white spots with black centres , and a few black streaks drawn obliquely upon the sides of the neck . The DELMA ( Delma Fraseri ) is very like the pygopus , but may be ...
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... colour of the Blindworm is rather variable . In my own specimen , now crawling over the paper on which I write , and blotting it sadly , the colour is dark olive - brown above , with a shining silvery lustre , and diversified with a ...
... colour of the Blindworm is rather variable . In my own specimen , now crawling over the paper on which I write , and blotting it sadly , the colour is dark olive - brown above , with a shining silvery lustre , and diversified with a ...
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Page 351 - Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!
Page 351 - Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low- vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 351 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 25 - ... sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes.
Page 266 - In this manner the merciless pursuer seemed to stride along the sea with fearful rapidity, while his brilliant coat sparkled and flashed in the sun quite splendidly. As he fell headlong on the water at the end of each huge leap, a series of circles were sent far over the still surface, -which lay as smooth as a mirror.
Page 136 - ... than the rest, actually scans its lips, and almost without resistance becomes a meal for its enemy. During such a proceeding the snake is generally observed with its head raised about ten or twelve inches above the branch round which its body and tail are entwined, with its mouth open and its neck inflated, as if anxiously endeavouring to increase the terror which it would almost appear it was aware would sooner or later bring within its grasp some one of the feathered group. "Whatever may be...
Page 591 - The Birgos is diurnal in its habits; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its branchiae.
Page 348 - It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacula only, a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing...
Page 540 - ... able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion. Those which are in good condition often perish soon after the bite is inflicted, with staggering and blindness, as if the brain were affected by it. Sudden changes of temperature produced by falls of rain seem to hasten the progress of the complaint; but in general, the emaciation goes on uninterruptedly for months, and do what we will, the poor animals perish miserably.
Page 540 - ... begin to run, the coat stares as if the animal were cold, a swelling appears under the jaw, and sometimes at the navel ; and, though the animal continues to graze, emaciation commences, accompanied with a peculiar flaccidity of the muscles, and this proceeds unchecked until, perhaps months afterward, purging comes on, and the animal, no longer able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion.