Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. by John Timbs
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Author | Timbs, John, 1801-1875 |
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LoC No. | 04030044 |
Title | Eccentricities of the Animal Creation. |
Contents | Introductory: curiosities of zoology -- The Rhinoceros in England -- Stories of Mermaids -- Is the Unicorn fabulous? -- The Mole at home -- The great Ant-Bear -- Curiosities of Bats -- The Hedgehog -- The Hippopotamus in England -- Lion-talk -- Bird-life -- Bird's eggs and nests -- The epicure's Ortolan -- Talk about Toucans -- Eccentricities of Penguins -- Pelicans and Cormorants -- Talking birds, instincts, etc. -- Owls -- Weather-wise animals -- Fish-talk -- Fish in British Colombia [i.e. Columbia] -- The tree-climbing Crab -- Musical Lizards -- Chameleons and their changes -- Running Toads -- Song of the Cicada -- Stories about the Barnacle Goose -- Leaves about Bookworms -- Boring marine animals, and human engineers. |
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Produced by Chris Curnow, Christian Boissonnas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
Language | English |
LoC Class | QL: Science: Zoology |
Subject | Animal behavior |
Subject | Animals -- Anecdotes |
Subject | Animals, Mythical |
Category | Text |
EBook-No. | 44422 |
Release Date | Dec 14, 2013 |
Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads | 400 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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