Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, Volume 2F. & W. Dodsworth, 1854 - Natural history |
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abdomen abundant Aleochara Anglo-Saxon antennĉ apex Axwell banks bark base Boldon Brit Castle Catalogue Club Proc coast common convex Derwent district Dunston Durham elytra Erichson et Spec Faun finely punctate France ganglia Gateshead Germ Gibside Gosforth Gosforth.-T. J. B. Grav griseous Gyll Hancock Hartlepool head and thorax Hedgehope Heer Helv Herbst Illust inch insect John July June Kirby Lacord Latreille Leach Linn Long Benton Long Benton.-T. J. B. Mand Manual Marsden Marsh Morpeth moss Mulsant names narrowed nest Newcastle Northumberland Old-Norse P. J. Selby Palpi Payk piceous places plants posterior Prestwick Prestwick Car pubescence punctulate rare Ravensworth Ravensworth woods Ravensworth woods.-J. H. scarcely Schönh shining sides slightly South Shields Spec species specimens Staph Steph Suec Sunderland Swalwell testaceous thickly and finely thorax tibiĉ Twizell Twizell."-P. J. Selby Wailes Westw Winlaton Mill Wooler Water Yeavering Bell
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Page 299 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light!
Page 320 - By the mouth of the fish the edges of the opening were again drawn together, and other portions torn from their attachments, and brought over the orifice, till the ova were again hid from view. And as great force was sometimes necessary to effect this, the fish would thrust its snout into the nest as far as the eyes, and then jerk backwards till the object was effected. While thus engaged it would suffer itself to be taken in the hand, but repelled any attack made on the nest, and quitted not its...
Page 299 - I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky. It was a childish ignorance. But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 300 - The passions that build up our human soul; Not with the mean and vulgar works of man, But with high objects, with enduring things — With life and nature, purifying thus The elements of feeling and of thought^ And sanctifying, by such discipline, Both pain and fear, until we recognize A grandeur in the beatings of the heart.
Page 318 - ... they were immediately seized as heretofore and carried back to the nest, into which they were always very glad to escape from the clutches of their ardent parent Notwithstanding all her vigilance one contrived, on the fifth day, to escape her eye, and in passing the fateful boundary was immediately devoured by the other fish, which now seemed always on the watch, neglecting its own barren nest, being Intent only on appropriating to itself the nestlings of its fruitful neighbour. In this act of...
Page 320 - ... to renew the examination. On several occasions I laid the eggs bare, by removing a portion of the nest, but when this was discovered, great exertions were instantly made to recover them. By the mouth of the fish the edges of the opening were again drawn together, and other portions torn from their attachments, and brought over the orifice till the ova were again hid from view. And as great force was sometimes necessary to effect this, the fish would...
Page 314 - One, without the least hesitation, took possession of a certain s|>ot, which it guarded with the greatest pertinacity, attacking vigorously any of its companions that might happen to approach the chosen locality. The beetle, too, which sometimes came slowly paddling by, was pounced upon and unceremoniously tumbled over: but secure within his scaly armor, as the...
Page 315 - ... partially concealed. Occasionally, each was observed hovering over its nest, with the head close to the orifice, the body being inclined upwards, at an angle of about 45°, fanning it with the pectoral fins, aided by a lateral motion of the taiL This curious manoeuvre was apparently for the purpose...
Page 190 - Vagipennia, of a dark brown, with irregular light brown spots, the belly plicated, and the wings under the cases pellucid ; like other beetles, the helmet turned up, as is supposed for hearing ; the upper lip hard and shining. By its regular pulsations, like the ticking...
Page 316 - In this we were not disappointed; the fish immediately began to form a new nest in exactly the same spot, and by the following day it was more than half completed. It took a, .mouthful at a time and was at some pains in adjusting each load, spreading the materials out and pressing them down with its mouth; it then drew its body slowly over the whole, vibrating FIG.