Opis: Strange Dwellings - Wood J. G.

Excerpt from Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Abridged From 'Homes Without Hands'

The object of this work is so fully given in the Title-page, that little more remains to be said in the Preface.

Beginning with the simplest and most natural form of habitation, namely, a burrow in the ground, the work proceeds in the following order: - 2nd, those creatures that suspend their homes in the air; 3rd, those that are real builders, forming their domiciles of mud, stones, sticks, and similar materials; 4th, those which make their habitations beneath the surface of the water, whether salt or fresh; 5th, those that live socially in communities; 6th, those which are parasitic upon animals or plants; 7th, those which build on branches. The last chapter treats of miscellanea, or those habitations which could not be well classed in either of the preceding groups.

In all these classes a definite order has been preserved, the Mammalia having precedence, and being followed in regular order by the other members of the group.

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Szczegóły: Strange Dwellings - Wood J. G.

Nazwa: Strange Dwellings Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Abridged From 'Homes Without Hands' (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Wood J. G.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330378410
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 428
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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