Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts, and Uses of the Principal Families of the Animal Kingdom, Volume 1Wm. S. Orr, 1848 - Zoology |
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adapted Africa allied America animals appears aquatic arrangement Asia attack Bats beak belong bill Birds Birds of Prey body bones breed burrows canines carnivorous Cetacea characters chiefly clavicle claws colour common conformation considerable consists covered destitute developed distinct distinguished domesticated eggs Europe exist extremely Falcons feathers feed feet Fishes flight genus ground habits hair head horns Hyæna incisors inhabit insects known large number larvæ legs Lemurs length less limbs live Lizards Mammalia Mammals molars mollusks Monkeys movements muscles native natural Naturalist nearly neck nest organs Ornithorhyncus oviparous Pachydermata peculiar PHYSIOL plastron plumage points possess present prey Quadrumana quadrupeds races regarded remarkable Reptiles resemblance Rodentia Ruminantia short side SIMIADE skin slender sometimes species sternum stomach structure surface tail teeth tion toes trees tribe usually vegetable vertebral vertebral column Vertebrata Whale whilst wings young
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Page 17 - ... the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill...
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Page 193 - Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages, and plantations, occasioning incalculable mischief, attacking and devouring indiscriminately every kind of fruit, from the abundant and useful...
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Page 193 - Java, in which this night wanderer is not constantly observed ; as soon as the light of the sun has retired, one animal is seen to follow the other at a small but irregular distance, and this succession continues uninterrupted till darkness obstructs the view. The flight of the kalong is slow and steady, pursued in a straight line, and capable of long continuance. The...