Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Том 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Страница 1967
... base ; the ric- tus bears three or four stiff hairs ; the legs , which are remarkably slight , are pale brownish . There exists no white supra - ocular band . The first wing - quill is rudi- mentary ; the second is longer than the ...
... base ; the ric- tus bears three or four stiff hairs ; the legs , which are remarkably slight , are pale brownish . There exists no white supra - ocular band . The first wing - quill is rudi- mentary ; the second is longer than the ...
Страница 1972
... base of the caudal fin . Marsupial . Common in deep water and Great Sea - Adder , Syngnathus acus . rocky ground . I have taken it commonly in a trawl and trammel net , in crab - pots , and have found it washed on shore after a summer's ...
... base of the caudal fin . Marsupial . Common in deep water and Great Sea - Adder , Syngnathus acus . rocky ground . I have taken it commonly in a trawl and trammel net , in crab - pots , and have found it washed on shore after a summer's ...
Страница 1986
... base and three spots silvery - white ; one placed towards the posterior angle of the inner margin , another on the costa near the base , and a third some- what central near the apex ; cilia silvery ; posterior wings and cilia dusky ...
... base and three spots silvery - white ; one placed towards the posterior angle of the inner margin , another on the costa near the base , and a third some- what central near the apex ; cilia silvery ; posterior wings and cilia dusky ...
Страница 1988
... base dark fuscous to near the middle , and an indistinct curved cloudy fascia a little beyond the middle , on which near the inner margin is a conspicuous black blotch , forming with some black dots near the hinder margin an ocellus ...
... base dark fuscous to near the middle , and an indistinct curved cloudy fascia a little beyond the middle , on which near the inner margin is a conspicuous black blotch , forming with some black dots near the hinder margin an ocellus ...
Страница 1990
... base of the anterior wings are deep black . In fine specimens , the ground colour of the anterior wings is flesh - colour . The insect figured in Wood , N. 1138 , is the Cnephasia littoralis of Curtis , as is also the Orthotænia ...
... base of the anterior wings are deep black . In fine specimens , the ground colour of the anterior wings is flesh - colour . The insect figured in Wood , N. 1138 , is the Cnephasia littoralis of Curtis , as is also the Orthotænia ...
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Abdomen abundant anal angle animal antennæ apex APHIS apical appearance April Argyromiges August basal base Battel beneath bird black-throated diver body breeding British brown captured cilia colour common costal spot dark Duponchel eggs extremity eyes fascia feet ferruginous fish flying frequently fuscous genus glaucous gull gray green ground gull habits HALICTUS Haworth head inches inner margin insect July June Kilda Kirby larvæ legs length Lepidoptera lines Lithocolletis Loch male Melitta metathorax middle naturalists nearly neighbourhood nervures nest nigro-piceous North Uist Northfleet observed Occurrence October pair pale fulvous pale yellow paler Palpi piceous plumage Posterior wings pubescence punctured rare red-throated diver remarkable resembles ring ouzel sea-serpent seen segments September shining shot side species specimens streak summer Swanscombe tail taken tarsi tegulæ Thorax tibiæ tree viviparous viviparous female white pubescence winter Wood young Zeller Zool Zoologist
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