 The food of each species should be noticed, and if any change of customary food is observed, owing to the failure of the supply, it should be carefully recorded. The use in nature of any peculiar physical conformation of animals, the object of ornamentation,...  Hints to travellers - Page 217by Royal geographical society - 1883Full view - About this book
 | William Barry Lord - 1871 - 888 pages
...conformation of animals, the object of ornamentation, and so forth, should be also investigated wherever opportunity occurs. Any facts relating to the interbreeding...varieties or the converse — that is, the antipathy to intermingling of allied varieties — would be extremely interesting. In short, the traveller should... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1872 - 482 pages
...ranges, are also important subjects of inquiry. The migrations of animals, and especially any facts aoout the irruption of species into districts previously...animals, a telescope or opera-glass will be necessary, and the traveller should bear in mind, if a microscope is needed in his journey, that by unscrewing... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Scientific expeditions - 1906 - 320 pages
...animals in a state of nature, and these ' Hints ' would be very deficient were not a few remarks made upon this subject. To know what to observe in the...the actions of the larger animals, a telescope or field-glass will be necessary. The traveller should bear in mind, if a microscope is needed in his... | |
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