A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... living entirely among trees , and crawling along the under side of the branches . Cases 17-30 contain the Deer , Musks , and Horses . In the Deer the horns , which , except in the Reindeer , are confined to the males , are solid and ...
... living entirely among trees , and crawling along the under side of the branches . Cases 17-30 contain the Deer , Musks , and Horses . In the Deer the horns , which , except in the Reindeer , are confined to the males , are solid and ...
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... living in holes which they dig in the ground ; the Skunks deriving their name ( Mephitis ) from the odious smell which they emit when provoked : they are natives of America . Case 45. The Otters , with short webbed feet and long bodies ...
... living in holes which they dig in the ground ; the Skunks deriving their name ( Mephitis ) from the odious smell which they emit when provoked : they are natives of America . Case 45. The Otters , with short webbed feet and long bodies ...
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... living among trees ; the Flying Squirrels , which can vault from tree to tree , assisted by the expansion of the skin of the sides . The Marmots , which pass the winter in a lethargic state ; the Mole Rats and Sand Moles burrow in the ...
... living among trees ; the Flying Squirrels , which can vault from tree to tree , assisted by the expansion of the skin of the sides . The Marmots , which pass the winter in a lethargic state ; the Mole Rats and Sand Moles burrow in the ...
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... living chiefly on insects and fruits ; the plumage of many of these is very showy . Case 40. The Trogons , living in low damp woods in the tropics , particularly of the New World ; one of the most conspicuous is the long - feathered ...
... living chiefly on insects and fruits ; the plumage of many of these is very showy . Case 40. The Trogons , living in low damp woods in the tropics , particularly of the New World ; one of the most conspicuous is the long - feathered ...
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... living chiefly on seeds ; the Larks , with the hind claw long and straight ; the Crossbills , with the points of the beak crossing each other and giving them great power in tearing pine - cones to pieces to get at the seeds ; the Colies ...
... living chiefly on seeds ; the Larks , with the hind claw long and straight ; the Crossbills , with the points of the beak crossing each other and giving them great power in tearing pine - cones to pieces to get at the seeds ; the Colies ...
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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.