Download or read book The Illustrated Natural History Classic Reprint written by J. G. Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Illustrated Natural History Some Reptiles inhabit the dry and burning deserts; but the generality of these creatures are semi-aquatic in their habits, are fitted by their structure for progression on land or in water, and are able to pass a considerable time below the surface without requiring to breathe. This capacity is mostly the result of the manner in which the circulation and aeration of their blood is effected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Natural History Reptiles Classic Reprint written by Philip Henry Gosse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History Reptiles In one respect in which Reptiles agree among themselves, they agree also with the Classes of Birds and Fishes; the reproduction of their spe cies is effected by means of eggs. For the most part these are encased in a calcareous covering, either hard and Shelly as in the Tortoises, Croco diles and some Saurians, or tough and leathery as in most of the Serpents: in the Amphibia, however, they are destitute of any covering. In a few in stances, the young are brought forth alive; but these are rather apparent than real exceptions to the general rule, the eggs in such cases being hatched in the body of the parent, or ruptured in the act of deposition. Our native smaller Lizard, Viper, and Slow-worm, afford familiar examples of this peculiarity. Reptiles do not in general ineu bate their eggs; but there is reason to believe that the Boas and Pythons are exceptions to this rule. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Type Specimens of Reptiles and Amphibians in the U S National Museum Classic Reprint written by Doris M. Cochran and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Type Specimens of Reptiles and Amphibians in the U. S. National Museum As biologists know, an important function of a natural history museum is the preservation of those specimens from which new forms of life are described. Many museums have collections of such type material, the National Collection, in the United States National Museum, being among the largest. The value of such specimens is equally obvious since they serve as a standard with which later field collections can be compared, in order to validate the original claim to novelty and to establish the range and variation of the form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Reptiles of the Vicinity of New York City written by Raymond L. Ditmars and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Reptiles of the Vicinity of New York City: With Reference to the Collection in the American Museum of Natural History Several of our harmless snakes have been provided with eccentric and misleading titles. TO those unacquainted with reptiles, such species as the Flat-headed Adder, the Spotted Adder, the Water Moccasin; and others of equally formidable appellation might be regarded as reptiles not entirely devoid of harm. Many Of lour harmless snakes which are of substantial economic importance in the destruction of the smaller injurious mammals possess the most evil reputation, although they really aid the agriculturist. The slaughter Of these useful reptiles by the misinformed is a genuine calamity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles Classic Reprint written by Leonhard Stejneger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles I am glad to have this opportunity to quote from a letter which says so concisely just what my own opinion long has been though I have never expressed it so well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Natural History of Birds Fishes Reptiles and Insects Classic Reprint written by John Bigland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Natural History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects Complete in 1 vol. Svc including all his Suppressed and Attributed Poems; with 6 beautiful engravings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Story of the Amphibians and the Reptiles Classic Reprint written by James Newton Baskett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Amphibians and the Reptiles Looking more carefully at the difference between the two directions of the new education we can see what each accomplishes. There is first an effort to train the original powers of the individual and make him self-active, quick at observation, and free in his thinking. Next, the new education endeavors, by the reading of books and the study of the wisdom of the race, to make the child or youth a participator in the results of experience of all mankind. These two movements may be made antagonistic by poor teaching. The book knowledge, containing as it does the precious lesson of human experience, may be so taught as to bring with it only dead rules of conduct, only dead scraps of information, and no stimulant to original thinking. Its contents may be memorized without being understood. On the other hand, the self-activity of the child may be stimulated at the expense of his social well-being - his originality may be cultivated at the expense of his rationality. If he is taught persistently to have his own way, to trust only his own senses. To cling to his own Opinions heedless of the experience of his fellows, he is pre paring for an unsuccessful, misanthropic career, and is likely enough to end his life in a madhouse. It is admitted that a too exclusive study of the knowledge found in books, the knowledge which is aggregated from the experience and thought of other people, may result in loading the mind of the pupil with material which he can not use to advantage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States Classic Reprint written by Joseph Leidy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States Most of the fossil remains which form the subject of the memoir were obtained in New Jersey, and are contained in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Very many of them were found in the Green-sand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Guide to the Exhibition of Amphibians and Reptiles Cincinnati Society of Natural History Classic Reprint written by Cincinnati Society Of Natural History and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Exhibition of Amphibians and Reptiles, Cincinnati Society of Natural History Herpetology (from a Greek word meaning 'to creep') is a science which deals with two classes of cold-blooded vertebrates, the Amphibians and the Reptiles. The first class contains the frogs, toads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Story of Reptile Life Classic Reprint written by William Plane Pycraft and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Reptile Life The story of Reptile Life 1s largely the story of a people, if we may so use the word, whose glory has departed. Just as in the study of the human race we are able to follow the histories of nations, their rise, glorious zenith, and decadence; so with the Reptile folk we may trace a similar course Of evolution. The survivors of to - day are but a remnant; a feeble tribe, spurned and despised. 1. Time was when they were the domi nant forms of life upon the earth, so that we speak of the Age of Reptiles: for millions of years-from the Permian to the end of the Jurassic era - they held sway, but were at last outnumbered and overpowered by the present reigning type of animal life - the mammalia. But their defeat is without ignominy, since, as we shall show later, their conquerors are at the same time their descendants. Similarly, the Reptiles are the descendants of the race which they in turn displaced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A History of British Fossil Reptiles Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Richard Owen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Vol. 1 The contribution of such descriptions to the annual volumes was attended with the Society's permission to take, at my own cost, impressions of the plates, after their use by the Society, for the purpose of the present work. Its issue in Parts exhausted the materials at my command in 1854, and I thought that the new Fossil Reptiles, of which I received indications, would occupy a concluding part of like size and number of plates with its forerunners. But the acquisitions of fragmentary fossils, suggestive of new species or genera of Reptili'a, beguiled me into procrastinating hopes of reconstructions which, in some instances have been fulfilled. In the excitement of such quests after draconic forms time passes swiftly, and conviction becomes imperative that it must have a term. Moreover, a Record of what may have been discovered of a given group or class of Natural Objects, especially of Fossil Remains, with figures aiding recognition and comparison, becomes a help and stimulus to rapid and extensive additions. The attempt to grapple with these and make them usefully known has absorbed year by year such leisure as I could so devote after official duties. The result is summarised in the Indexes to Volumes I and III of the present work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Turtles Snakes Frogs and Other Reptiles and Amphibians of New England and the North Classic Reprint written by Edward Knobel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Turtles, Snakes, Frogs and Other Reptiles and Amphibians of New England and the North Many of the animals mentioned in this book suffer from our prejudices far more than any other class. They are usually little known, but persecuted, feared, hated and ruthlessly destroyed wherever found. Foremost, the snakes: these timid, watchful, silent and most graceful beings are for the most part perfectly harmless. Liven the dangerous ones only use their terrible weapons in self-defence. Turtles and frogs are often regarded as if void of feeling and ruthlessly tortured. Toads and salamanders. Useful insect-destroyers, are truly homely to look at, but hiding under ground or beneath stones seem to try their best not to hurt our feelings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Notes on a Collection of Reptiles Made by Mr C J Pierson at Fort Smith Arkansas With Remarks on Other Eastern Reptiles Classic Reprint written by Robert Baird Mclain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on a Collection of Reptiles Made by Mr. C. J. Pierson at Fort Smith, Arkansas, With Remarks on Other Eastern Reptiles My observations being confined to five specimens. The scale for mula will very likely be found to vary considerably more than noted here 1 h0pe, however, that the above may help others to clear up any question in regard to these two forms whose exact relationships to each other are as yet not truly known. Until sufficient material has been collected, however, we cannot hope for any better results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Museum of Natural History written by John Richardson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Museum of Natural History: Zoology America, demonstrate to us the fact, that it is in the countries near the equator that reptiles are most numerous and most largely developed in size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Water Reptiles of the Past and Present Classic Reprint written by Samuel Wendell Williston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water Reptiles of the Past and Present In many respects the internal structure of the amphibians of the present time is widely different from that of reptiles, though there can be no doubt that the early amphibian ancestors of the modern toads, frogs, and salamanders were also the ancestors of all living and extinct reptiles, and it is a fact that the living amphib ians differ more from some of the ancient ones than those early amphibians did from their contemporary reptiles. Discoveries in recent years have bridged over nearly all the essential differ ences between the two classes so completely that many forms can not be classified unless one has their nearly complete skeletons. We know that some of the oldest amphibians, belonging to the great division called Stegocephalia, were really water-breathers during a part of their lives, because distinct impressions of their branchiae, or water-breathing organs, have been discovered in the rocks with their skeletal remains, but we are not at all sure that some of the more highly developed kinds were not air-breathers from the time they left the egg; indeed, we rather suspect that such was the case. We are also now quite certain that, from some of the early extinct reptiles - the immediate forbears probably of the great dinosaurs - the class of birds arose, since the structural relation ships between birds and reptiles are almost as close as those between reptiles and amphibians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Natural History of Birds Fish Insects and Reptiles Embellished With Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings Vol 6 of 6 written by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles, Embellished With Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings, Vol. 6 of 6: Or Supplementary Volume IN compiling this supplementary volume to the present edition of Button, it has been studiously endeavoured to adapt it to the pre ceding ones, by following the same arrange ment. He, therefore, who should wish to know, in his progress through this part of natural history, what new species of each bird may have been discovered since the time of the illustrious original, will find them ar ranged in this volume, in a corresponding order with that of the former ones. It was thought that the utility of the work would be thus increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Natural History With Anecdotes written by Alfred Henry Miles and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History With Anecdotes: Illustrating the Nature, Habits, Manners and Customs of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc Illustrations are like windows to the house of knowledge. They let light in upon the understanding and they facilitate the outlook upon truth and beauty. To illustrate is to help one sense by the use of another, to reason by analogy and to teach the unknown by the known. When definition fails, illustration often carries conviction, and the most successful teachers are those who make the best use of sound and telling illustrations. How many lessons would have been wholly forgotten by us, but for the illustrations which made their meanings clear and left their truths for ever in our minds? The book of nature is full of illustrations which help the understanding of the book of life, and no illustrations are more valuable and fascinating, whether as revelations of the order and habits of nature herself, or as parallels and parables, full of suggestive application to the social and moral life of humanity, than those afforded by the study of Natural History. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.