First Book of Zoölogy |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abdomen adductor animals antennæ aperture appearance appendages APPLETON attached beetle bivalves body bones breathe air butterfly called canker-worm caterpillar cephalo-thorax chrysalis clam claws collected common compound eyes crab crawfish crawling creature creeping disk crustaceans deposit edge eggs enlarged eyes flattened following figure represents foot fresh-water mussels fresh-water snails gills grass grasshopper hatch head hind-leg Illustrations Incurrent Orifice insects jaws jointed legs labium land snails larva larvæ Let the pupils ligament lines of growth lobster magnified mandibles mantle maxillæ metatarsus moults mouth mouth-parts muscles mussel myriapods Natural nests number of segments operculum oyster pairs of legs palpi palpus portion Professor protruded pupa regions salamander salt-water seen separate shed shell showing side siphon skin species specimens spiders spinnerets spiracles stages studied surface tentacles thorax thread three pairs true insects tube valves vertebral vertebral column wings worms young
Popular passages
Page 191 - XI. Animal Mechanism : a Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion. By Professor EJ Marey. With 117 Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, $s. XII. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism. By Professor Oscar Schmidt. With 26 Illustrations. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, 5*.
Page 191 - II. Physics and Politics ; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection " and " Inheritance
Page 95 - ... fourth, by rubbing together the upper surface of the front edge of the wings and the under surface of the wing-covers.