A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... female ; hence it is probable , that its use is the same as that of the antlers in the stag . The ivory of the tusk commands a high price in the market , and was still more valued in former times , when it was believed to be the horn of ...
... female ; hence it is probable , that its use is the same as that of the antlers in the stag . The ivory of the tusk commands a high price in the market , and was still more valued in former times , when it was believed to be the horn of ...
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... females when incu- bating are imprisoned in the nest ( which is placed in the hollow of a tree ) and fed by the male . Cases 74-83 . The Scansorial Birds , powerful graspers from the arrangement of the toes , two before and two behind ...
... females when incu- bating are imprisoned in the nest ( which is placed in the hollow of a tree ) and fed by the male . Cases 74-83 . The Scansorial Birds , powerful graspers from the arrangement of the toes , two before and two behind ...
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... female of the Solitaire ( Pezophaps solitarius ) from Rodriguez , a small island situated about three hundred miles to the east of Mauri- tius . Like the Dodo , the Solitaire was a flightless pigeon , but less bulky , and of a more ...
... female of the Solitaire ( Pezophaps solitarius ) from Rodriguez , a small island situated about three hundred miles to the east of Mauri- tius . Like the Dodo , the Solitaire was a flightless pigeon , but less bulky , and of a more ...
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... female of the Paper Nautilus ( Argonauta ) fabricates a delicate symmetrical shell , in which she lays her eggs , and thus protects them . Both sexes of the Pearly Nautilus form a shell for their protection , one portion of which is ...
... female of the Paper Nautilus ( Argonauta ) fabricates a delicate symmetrical shell , in which she lays her eggs , and thus protects them . Both sexes of the Pearly Nautilus form a shell for their protection , one portion of which is ...
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... female , where they are hatched , passing through the form of the tadpole , and escaping as a perfect animal after a certain period ; the great Salamander from Japan , the Siren of Carolina , which looks like an eel , with front legs it ...
... female , where they are hatched , passing through the form of the tadpole , and escaping as a perfect animal after a certain period ; the great Salamander from Japan , the Siren of Carolina , which looks like an eel , with front legs it ...
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Page 25 - Hudson, from an original by Richardson. Oliver Cromwell, by Walker (bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart., to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq., then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself). Mary Davis, an inhabitant of Great Saughall in Cheshire, taken 1668, "cetatis 74...
Page 144 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58. 1863, fol. £1 5*.
Page 95 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - The next six (Nos. 51-56) formed originally part of a series illustrating the architectural works of that king, including, probably, the construction of the very edifice from which the slabs were obtained. On Nos. 51 and 52 is seen the conveyance of a colossal human-headed bull, lying sideways on a sledge, which is propelled, over wooden rollers, partly by ropes in front, partly by a lever behind. On one side...
Page 83 - Greeks heroon, and so greatly excelled all other sepulchral monuments in size, beauty of design, and richness of decoration, that it was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the name Mausoleum came to be applied to all similar monuments.
Page 138 - Pelion, and Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus, in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.