Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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Page 73
... breast , which fall off when the animals attain a perfect state . * Paper of Mr. Baker in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 529 . Townson's Tracts , p . 113 . THE SERPENTS * . THERE is much geometrical elegante in THE WARTY LIZARD . 73.
... breast , which fall off when the animals attain a perfect state . * Paper of Mr. Baker in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 529 . Townson's Tracts , p . 113 . THE SERPENTS * . THERE is much geometrical elegante in THE WARTY LIZARD . 73.
Page 82
... the smaller animals , and it has generally been be- lieved that it is endowed with the power of fasci- * Hector St. John , 239 , Phil . Tran . vol . iv . 1 nating or charming its prey till they even run into 82 THE BANDED RATTLE - SNAKE .
... the smaller animals , and it has generally been be- lieved that it is endowed with the power of fasci- * Hector St. John , 239 , Phil . Tran . vol . iv . 1 nating or charming its prey till they even run into 82 THE BANDED RATTLE - SNAKE .
Page 84
... so well founded as it might appear to be from the perusal of his pa- Le Vaillant's New Travels , i . 33-37 . † Amer . Phil . Tran . iv . 74—114 . per only , and without comparing it with other ac- 84 THE BANDED RATTLE - SNAKE .
... so well founded as it might appear to be from the perusal of his pa- Le Vaillant's New Travels , i . 33-37 . † Amer . Phil . Tran . iv . 74—114 . per only , and without comparing it with other ac- 84 THE BANDED RATTLE - SNAKE .
Page 120
... ground : this they continued till they had got into the dam above * . * Arderon on the Perpendicular Ascent of Eels , in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 395 . Of the migration of young eels from one part of 120 THE COMMON EEL .
... ground : this they continued till they had got into the dam above * . * Arderon on the Perpendicular Ascent of Eels , in Phil . Tran . vol . xliv . p . 395 . Of the migration of young eels from one part of 120 THE COMMON EEL .
Page 126
... Phil . Tran . vol . lxv . p . 94 . † Bryant in Amer . Phil . Tran . ii . 167 . " 1 his senses were restored . He said that 126 THE ELECTRICAL GYMNOTUS , OR EEL .
... Phil . Tran . vol . lxv . p . 94 . † Bryant in Amer . Phil . Tran . ii . 167 . " 1 his senses were restored . He said that 126 THE ELECTRICAL GYMNOTUS , OR EEL .
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