A manual of zoologyWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1878 - Zoology |
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... Birds ; and through the researches of the last - named distinguished palæontologist , the domain of Mammalian life has been extended by the estab- lishment of the Tillodontia and Dinocerata . In the main , however , the author has not ...
... Birds ; and through the researches of the last - named distinguished palæontologist , the domain of Mammalian life has been extended by the estab- lishment of the Tillodontia and Dinocerata . In the main , however , the author has not ...
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... birds is much less limited than that of mammals ; and many migratory birds may be said to belong to two zoological provinces . In spite of their powers of locomotion , however , birds are limited by the necessities of their life to ...
... birds is much less limited than that of mammals ; and many migratory birds may be said to belong to two zoological provinces . In spite of their powers of locomotion , however , birds are limited by the necessities of their life to ...
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... birds , or batrachians , the vitreous humour or lens of the eye , the blood - vessels , & c . A few are external parasites , living on the skin and gills of fishes , crustaceans , and other animals . From the absence of a perivisceral ...
... birds , or batrachians , the vitreous humour or lens of the eye , the blood - vessels , & c . A few are external parasites , living on the skin and gills of fishes , crustaceans , and other animals . From the absence of a perivisceral ...
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... Bird - lice , " being parasitic , sometimes upon Mammals , but mostly upon Birds . They strongly resemble the Pediculi , but the mouth is formed for biting , to suit their mode of life- since they do not live upon the juices of their ...
... Bird - lice , " being parasitic , sometimes upon Mammals , but mostly upon Birds . They strongly resemble the Pediculi , but the mouth is formed for biting , to suit their mode of life- since they do not live upon the juices of their ...
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... Bird's - head pr cess , or " avicularium , " of a Polyzoon . phagus , stomach , and intestine , to be furnished at its origin with long ciliated tentacula , and to have a single nervous gan- glion placed upon one side of the oesophagus ...
... Bird's - head pr cess , or " avicularium , " of a Polyzoon . phagus , stomach , and intestine , to be furnished at its origin with long ciliated tentacula , and to have a single nervous gan- glion placed upon one side of the oesophagus ...
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abdomen adult alimentary canal ambulacral amongst animal Annelides antennæ anus aperture appendages Arachnida articulated attached birds bivalve body bones Brachiopoda branchiæ branchial calcareous carapace cavity cephalothorax chitinous ciliated composed comprising consists contractile Crustacea Ctenophora developed disc distinct division dorsal embryo Eocene external extinct extremity feet females fins fishes Foraminifera fossil furnished gemmation genera genus gills head horny Huxley Hydrozoa incisors Insects integument intestine known labium larva larvæ legs limbs living locomotive males Mammals mandibles margin maxillæ membrane molars Mollusca mouth nervous system operculum organs ovum Owen pairs Paleozoic parasitic placed plates polypide polypites Polyzoa portion possess posterior present regarded reproductive Reptiles resembling respiratory Rotifera rudimentary Scolecida segments shell side Silurian single skeleton sometimes somites species spines stomach structure sub-order surface tail teeth tentacles termed thorax toes transverse tube upper usually valves ventral Vertebrates vesicle whilst wings Zoantharia zooids