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... Gray , Brit . 224 224 Bees Ants 257 Carpenter Bee 258 258 Burrowing ants 262 226 • VI . Lepidoptera.- Butterflies . 262 Sylph . 263 227 Lycænidæ 264 Moths . 265 229 . Silk worms . ( text and note ) 265 Wood - carrying Moths Mus . 231 ...
... Gray , Brit . 224 224 Bees Ants 257 Carpenter Bee 258 258 Burrowing ants 262 226 • VI . Lepidoptera.- Butterflies . 262 Sylph . 263 227 Lycænidæ 264 Moths . 265 229 . Silk worms . ( text and note ) 265 Wood - carrying Moths Mus . 231 ...
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... GRAY , F. R. S. for valuable additions . and corrections in the list of the Ceylon Reptilia ; and to Professor FARADAY for some notes on the nature and qualities of the " Serpent Stone , " 1 submitted to him . I have recorded in its ...
... GRAY , F. R. S. for valuable additions . and corrections in the list of the Ceylon Reptilia ; and to Professor FARADAY for some notes on the nature and qualities of the " Serpent Stone , " 1 submitted to him . I have recorded in its ...
Page 149
... Gray ; ( M. flavescens , Elliot ; ) and Mus ne- moralis , Blyth . 2 Coryphodon Blumenbachii . 3 Golunda Elliot , Gray . inhabit the forests , making their nests among the roots L 3 CHAP . I. ] 149 THE RAT - SNAKE . Tree Story of a rat ...
... Gray ; ( M. flavescens , Elliot ; ) and Mus ne- moralis , Blyth . 2 Coryphodon Blumenbachii . 3 Golunda Elliot , Gray . inhabit the forests , making their nests among the roots L 3 CHAP . I. ] 149 THE RAT - SNAKE . Tree Story of a rat ...
Page 152
... and 1 Bubalus buffelus , Gray . 2 Historical Relation of Ceylon , & c . , A.D. 1681. Book i . c . 6 . 3 KELAART , Fauna Zeylan . , p . 87 , as the calves are always permitted to suck them , 152 [ PART II . ZOOLOGY . Oxen Humped cattle.
... and 1 Bubalus buffelus , Gray . 2 Historical Relation of Ceylon , & c . , A.D. 1681. Book i . c . 6 . 3 KELAART , Fauna Zeylan . , p . 87 , as the calves are always permitted to suck them , 152 [ PART II . ZOOLOGY . Oxen Humped cattle.
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... GRAY has lately shown that this is the great aris of Cuvier . · Oss . Foss . 502 , t . 39. f . 10. The Singhalese , on fol- - lowing the elk , frequently effect their approaches by so imitating the call of the animal as to induce them ...
... GRAY has lately shown that this is the great aris of Cuvier . · Oss . Foss . 502 , t . 39. f . 10. The Singhalese , on fol- - lowing the elk , frequently effect their approaches by so imitating the call of the animal as to induce them ...
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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.