The ancient life-history of the earth, a comprehensive outline of palæontological science

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Strona ii - A Manual of Palaeontology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology.
Strona ii - NICHOLSON. A Manual of Zoology, for the use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, MD, D.Sc., FLS, FGS, Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen.
Strona 363 - ... wolves roam over the low grounds. Enormous flights of swans, geese, and ducks arrive in spring, and seek deserts where they may moult and build their nests in safety. Eagles, owls, and gulls pursue their prey along the seacoast; ptarmigan run in troops among the bushes ; little snipes are busy along the brooks and in the morasses ; the social crows seek the...
Strona 366 - Description of the Skeleton of an Extinct Gigantic Sloth (Mylodon robustus).' Owen. (24) "Affinities and Probable Habits of Thylacoleo" — 'Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,
Strona 244 - Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration must have required frequent access of air), that it swam upon or near the surface, arching back its long neck like a swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach.
Strona 409 - It has not been our good fortune to examine a text-book on science of which we could express an opinion so entirely favourable as we are enabled to do of Mr Page's little work.

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