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Page xix
... Egg - shells in Nests of Partridges , & c . - Eggs of White Pheasant of Hi- malayan ditto - Hatching by Pheasants and Hens compared - Two Species of Land Lizards - Large Lizard in Spain - Estremadura - Black Viper- Fetidness of Common ...
... Egg - shells in Nests of Partridges , & c . - Eggs of White Pheasant of Hi- malayan ditto - Hatching by Pheasants and Hens compared - Two Species of Land Lizards - Large Lizard in Spain - Estremadura - Black Viper- Fetidness of Common ...
Page 111
... eggs , which were deposited under it . It is difficult for any one to judge accurately of the weight of fish in water , but persons unaccus- tomed to see them there are liable to be greatly deceived with regard to them , as on shallows ...
... eggs , which were deposited under it . It is difficult for any one to judge accurately of the weight of fish in water , but persons unaccus- tomed to see them there are liable to be greatly deceived with regard to them , as on shallows ...
Page 146
... egg and caterpillar - then ano- ther flooring , and so on ; four cells having been thus completed one above another , each containing its egg , and the caterpillar destined to become food for the young wasp when hatched . The ...
... egg and caterpillar - then ano- ther flooring , and so on ; four cells having been thus completed one above another , each containing its egg , and the caterpillar destined to become food for the young wasp when hatched . The ...
Page 148
... eggs collectively , may have been , as in the case I have mentioned , each destined for its particular egg ? In the nest I have described I am satisfied that it was impossible for the parent Wasp to communicate with the upper cells ...
... eggs collectively , may have been , as in the case I have mentioned , each destined for its particular egg ? In the nest I have described I am satisfied that it was impossible for the parent Wasp to communicate with the upper cells ...
Page 150
Cornwall Simeon. 150 BIRDS DECEIVED BY WEATHER . [ PART II . egg is deposited quite tally with the one above mentioned . From the similarity of the Hydro- campa potamogeta's arrangements ( described by Réaumur - see Rennie's Insect ...
Cornwall Simeon. 150 BIRDS DECEIVED BY WEATHER . [ PART II . egg is deposited quite tally with the one above mentioned . From the similarity of the Hydro- campa potamogeta's arrangements ( described by Réaumur - see Rennie's Insect ...
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appear bait believe birds boat bob-fly Boilsfut breed BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT Brown Trout Carp casting-line catch caterpillar caught cloth coast colour Common Pheasant Crown 8vo doubt eggs fancy fastened Fcap feed fisherman Flat-fish flies flight foxes gaff gimp Gulls hand head hooks inches induced insects instance Isle of Wight Jack keeper kill-devil killed knot La Hulpe larvæ leave length Loch Creran Loch Garry loop Maltby mentioned mouth Natural History nest never occasionally Partridges perfectly perhaps Pheasant pond pounds pounds weight probably pull quarters river Roach round Salmo ferox Salmon scarcely Scotch Sea Trout sea-fishing sea-loch seen shew Shooting shore shot side spawning species spinning sport spring Stock Dove stream sufficiently tackle tail taken throw tion told trailing unfrequently Versoix weather weight whilst fishing young
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