The animal kingdom, a simplified arrangement of animal history on the system of Cuvier, by an experienced teacherLondon, 1844 - 143 pages |
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abound Accipitres Africa animals Anteater appearance Asia Barn Owl bill birds body brown burrow called Cetacea chiefly claws color common countries covered curious Deer devour differ divided Dugong Eagle eggs England Europe eyes feathers feeding on insects feet fins fish flesh is eaten Frog furnished gregarious habits Hare Hawk head Hippopotamus Hoopoe horns Horse incisors includes Indian inhabit insects Islands killed known legs length Lion living Lizard male Mammalia mandible Monkeys mouth Musk native of America natives of South Naturalists nearly neck nest nocturnal notice Order Ostrich oviparous Pachydermata pectoral fins pouch prey procure Quadrumana remarkable reptiles resembles rivers round Ruminantia seas seen seldom Shark short skin snakes South America species Spermaceti Springbuck swallow tail teeth thick thickskinned toes tongue Tortoises tree tribe True Parrot tusks usually vegetables Vulture Waders wild wings young
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Page 82 - ... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 116 - No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain ; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner.
Page 82 - The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect her injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow,...
Page 20 - The animal still, however, continued to swim after them till they arrived at the ship ; and several shots were fired at it, which also took effect : but on reaching the ship, it immediately ascended the deck; and the crew having fled into the shrouds, it was pursuing them thither, when a shot...
Page 20 - Not many years ago, the crew of a boat belonging to a ship in the Whale-fishery shot at a Bear at a little distance, and wounded it. The animal immediately set up a dreadful howl, and ran along the ice towards the boat. Before he reached it, a second shot was fired, which hit him. This served but to increase his fury.
Page 122 - ... a wound, often proves fatal in a very short time. In the Philosophical Transactions we have an account of several experiments that were made by captain Hall. in South Carolina. A snake was tied down to a grass-plot, and made to bite a healthy cur-dog : immediately afterwards the poor animal's eyes were fixed, his teeth closed upon his tongue, which was hanging out, his lips were drawn up so as to leave his teeth and gums bare, and in a quarter of a minute he was dead. The hair was then taken...
Page 28 - He was trying to shoot some wild ducks, and, in order to approach them unperceived, he put the corner of his poncho (which is a sort of long narrow blanket) over his head, and crawling along the ground upon his hands and knees, the poncho not only covered his body, but trailed along the ground behind him. As he was thus creeping by a large bush of reeds, he heard a loud...
Page 37 - ... corn. Less provident in preparing for the cold season. 926. Gray squirrel. United States. In hollow branches or trunk of trees. Feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds, and vegetables. Lays in store for winter. 927. Flying squirrel. A squirrel or squirrel-like animal having a fold of skin like a parachute along each side of the body by means of which it is enabled to make long flying leaps through the air. 928. Ground squirrel or striped gopher. Western United States and Canada. Lives in burrows on the...
Page 8 - The Sun of righteousness is rising with healing in his wings, and the darkness vanishes at his approach. In the wilderness the waters are breaking out, and streams in the desert. The parched ground is becoming a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water.
Page 122 - ... is not so much to be wondered at when we remember that it was executed after a design by the young lady herself.