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Términos y frases comunes
Acad acute Adams Amnicola animal aperture apex basal base beaks body whirl breadth Cabinet series calcaneum Canines cardinal teeth Chinook color columella Conch Conr Conrad convex Cyclas Cyrena decisa DEKAY denticles Diam elongated epidermis figure flattened Gabb genus Gould H. C. Lea hair Haldeman horn-color inch incisors Inoceramus interfemoral membrane Journ KÜSTER labrum Lake Lasiurus last whirl lateral teeth length Limnæa Lingual dentition Mamook margin Meek & Hayden Melampus Molars N. Y. Moll oblique obtuse Operculum outer lip oval ovate Paludina peristome Phila Physa Planorbis posterior premolar Proc Remarks River rounded Scotophilus shell Shumard side slightly species specimens Sphærium spire striæ striated surface suture synonymy tail tentacles thin tooth tragus transverse umbilicus upper Vespertilio Vicks Vivipara W. G. Binney whirls five Zool
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Página xv - I imagined was in deep slumber save myself, when of a sudden I heard a great uproar in the naturalist's room. I got up, reached the place in a few moments, and opened the door ; when, to my astonishment, I saw my guest running naked, holding the handle of my favorite...
Página xv - ... violin, the body of which he had battered to pieces against the walls in attempting to kill the bats which had entered by the open window, probably attracted by the insects flying around his candle. I stood amazed, but he continued...
Página 41 - Contributions to the physical geography of the United States. Part I. On the physical geography of the Mississippi valley, with suggestions for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and other rivers : By Charles Ellet, jr., civil engineer.
Página 77 - Shell heterostrophe, sub-globose, pale yellowish ; whirls rather more than four, very rapidly attenuated ; spire truncated, hardly elevated beyond the general curve of the surface ; suture not impressed ; aperture but little shorter than the shell, dilated ; labrum a little thickened on the inner margin. Length more than one-half of an inch.
Página xvii - The slaughter commenced and progressed with sanguinary vigor for several hours, or until brought to a close by the weariness of dealing the blows that made the enemy bite the dust, and overpowered by the heat and closeness of the apartment. This plan succeeded perfectly. After a few evenings of similar exercise, in which the batteurs became quite expert in the use of their weapon, every wielding of the wooden bat bringing down an expiring namesake,- the war terminated by the extermination of every...
Página 21 - Shell transversely oval, nearly equilateral, light in texture for its size; posterior margin somewhat more pointed; anterior rounded, base slightly curved; valves convex; beaks full, raised above the outline of the shell; posterior portion a little longer; sulcations coarse, regular; epidermis dark chestnut brown; interior light blue...
Página xiv - Nanitsh ! look there ! kloshe nanitsh ! lookout! lake care ! cultus nanitsh, to look round idly, or from curiosity only. Mamook nanitsh, to show. The word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis. Dr. Scouler gives nannanitch as Nootka and Columbian. It is possibly the former. Nau'-its, adv. Chihalis, NOITSH. Mr. Hale gives this for of shore; on the stream.
Página 95 - Shell heterostrophe, pale yellowish, very fragile, diaphanous, oolong; whirls six or seven; spire tapering, acute at the tip ; suture slightly impressed ; aperture not dilated, attenuated above, about half as long as the shell ; columella much narrowed near the base, so that the view, may be partially extended from the base towards the apex. Inhabits shores of Illinois. Length, 7-10 inch. Greatest breadth, 3-10 nearly. Animal deep black, immaculate, above and beneath ; tentacula setaceous, a white...
Página 35 - Results of Meteorological Observations made under the direction of the United States Patent Office and the Smithsonian Institution, from the year 1854 to 1859, inclusive, being a Report of the Commissioner of Patents made at the first session of the 36th Congress.
Página 2 - Carychium exiguum, on the other hand, though found under similar circumstances, does not depend on the proximity to salt water, being widely distributed far beyond its influence over the interior of the country. Blauneria pellucida, also, has been detected living far from any water in a garden in the District of Columbia, whither it was introduced on plants from Charleston, SC With the exception of the two last mentioned, the American species are found on salt marshes and in brackish water near the...