A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 7
... serpents , which have spongy lungs , make but little water , because they drink but little . They therefore have no need of a bladder ; but their urine distils down into the common canal , de- signed for receiving the other excrements ...
... serpents , which have spongy lungs , make but little water , because they drink but little . They therefore have no need of a bladder ; but their urine distils down into the common canal , de- signed for receiving the other excrements ...
Page 9
... serpent to fear , build erection , and with the same precautions against their nests depending from the end of a small severe weather , when all necessity for such pro- bough , and form the entrance from below ; being vision has ceased ...
... serpent to fear , build erection , and with the same precautions against their nests depending from the end of a small severe weather , when all necessity for such pro- bough , and form the entrance from below ; being vision has ceased ...
Page 34
... serpents - and mountains rendered still more terrible by the condor , the only bird that ven- tures to make its residence in those deserted situations . The condor appears to have more tenacity of life than 31 [ PART III . HISTORY OF ...
... serpents - and mountains rendered still more terrible by the condor , the only bird that ven- tures to make its residence in those deserted situations . The condor appears to have more tenacity of life than 31 [ PART III . HISTORY OF ...
Page 38
... serpents are their or- dinary food . The manner of those birds is to perch themselves , several together , on the old pine and cypress trees ; where they continue all the morning , for several hours , with their wings unfolded nor are ...
... serpents are their or- dinary food . The manner of those birds is to perch themselves , several together , on the old pine and cypress trees ; where they continue all the morning , for several hours , with their wings unfolded nor are ...
Page 44
... serpents as long as his arm , eleven small tortoises of about two inches in diameter , and a number of locusts and other insects , some of which were so entire that he added them to his collection . The mode in which it seizes serpents ...
... serpents as long as his arm , eleven small tortoises of about two inches in diameter , and a number of locusts and other insects , some of which were so entire that he added them to his collection . The mode in which it seizes serpents ...
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