 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 1178 pages
...line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis: the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion...thumb is very short, scarcely reaching the first joint (Jf the fore finger. All the fingers have very perfect nails, of a blackish colour, and oval form,... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Mammals - 1833 - 420 pages
...line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis ; the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion...very short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the forefinger. All the fingers have very perfect nails, of a blackish colour and oval form, and exactly... | |
 | William Jardine - Monkeys - 1833 - 346 pages
...line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis ; the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion...very short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the forefinger. All the fingers have very perfect nails, of a blackish colour and oval form, and exactly... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Mammals - 1834 - 326 pages
...lower margins in the same line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide, and the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion to the height of the animal, and the legs short compared with the arms. The hands are long, the fingers small and tapering ; the... | |
 | Birds - 1834 - 700 pages
...line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis : the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion to the height of the animal. The legs are short, compared with die arms. " The hands are long, compared with their width and with... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...limbs, that the latter may move freely, and yet firmly support the body. The belly is very protuberant. The hands are long compared with their width, and...very short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the fore-finger. All tbe fingers have very perfect nails, of a blackish colour and oval form, and exactly... | |
 | William Jardine - 1866 - 458 pages
...line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis ; the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion...their width, and with the human hand. The fingers are Email and tapering ; the thumb is very short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the forefinger.... | |
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The ears are small, closely resemble the human ear, and have their lower margins in the same line with the external angles of the eyes. " The chest is wide compared with the pelvis ; the belly is very protuberant. The arms are long in proportion to the... 