British Zoology, Volume 31769 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page x
... never queftioned . But if the external figure of the reptile tribe is disgusting , they have one general beauty , an apt configuration of parts for their way of life , nor are they destitute of their peculiar graces : the fine dif ...
... never queftioned . But if the external figure of the reptile tribe is disgusting , they have one general beauty , an apt configuration of parts for their way of life , nor are they destitute of their peculiar graces : the fine dif ...
Page 2
... never have met with in any of this genus . The head is painted extremely small , in propor- tion to the fize of the animal , whofe length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet ...
... never have met with in any of this genus . The head is painted extremely small , in propor- tion to the fize of the animal , whofe length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet ...
Page 6
... never observed it elsewhere , might conclude their filence to be general as to the time , but particular as to the place . Elian ** , who quotes Theophraftus for the laft paffage , afcribes the fame filence to the frogs of the lake ...
... never observed it elsewhere , might conclude their filence to be general as to the time , but particular as to the place . Elian ** , who quotes Theophraftus for the laft paffage , afcribes the fame filence to the frogs of the lake ...
Page 11
... never leaps , neither does it crawl with the flow pace of a toad , but its motion is liker to running . Several are found commonly together , and , like others of this genus , they appear in the evenings . The upper part of the body is ...
... never leaps , neither does it crawl with the flow pace of a toad , but its motion is liker to running . Several are found commonly together , and , like others of this genus , they appear in the evenings . The upper part of the body is ...
Page 15
... never been inhabitants of that element , as it is never Class III . WARTY LIZARD . 15 II. The WARTY LIZARD. ...
... never been inhabitants of that element , as it is never Class III . WARTY LIZARD . 15 II. The WARTY LIZARD. ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alfo almoſt alſo anal fin antients Arift Arted belly Belon black ſpots BLENNY body branchioftegous rays coafts color Cyprinus Defcr deſcribed dorfo dorſal fin duſky eſteemed eyes falmon fame Faun fays fcales fecond feet feven fharp fides fifh filvery fin confifts firft firſt firſt dorſal fin fiſh fiſhermen fize flender fmall foft fome fometimes fpecies fpines fpotted fuch fuec fyft fynon Gefner pifc Genus gills Gronov Halieut head Hift Icth inches irides itſelf laft largeſt laſt lateral line length Linnæus maxilla moſt mouth muſt nofe noſe numbers obferved Oppian pectoral fins pinna placed Plinii lib Pliny pounds Raii fyn reſemblance reſpect river Rondel Salvian ſcales Schonevelde ſeaſon ſeen ſeven ſharp ſhort ſkin ſmall ſmooth ſome ſpawn ſpecies ſpines ſpiny ſtrong Syft Synon tail taken teeth themſelves theſe Theſe fiſh thofe thoſe toad uſed vaft ventral fins whale yellow Zooph