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The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned familyBuckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton)

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The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned family

Name: The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned family
Author: Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton)

Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton)

Animals -- Juvenile literature; Vertebrates -- Juvenile literature

Germany, beaver communities in, 229.

  Gibbons, or long-armed apes, 251.

  Gibraltar, monkeys on the rock of, 241.

  Gills of Axolotl, 80;
    of bony fish, 45;
    of embryo shark, 73;
    of the minnow, 22;
    of proteus, 79;
    of sea-horse, 63;
    of shark, 30;
    of sturgeon, 32;
    of tadpole, 73.

  Giraffes, structure of, 271.

  Glacial Period, 342.

  Glass-snake of America, 107.

  Globe-fish, 55.

  Glyptodons, ancient armadilloes, 202, 208.

  Goats and sheep, range of, 274.

  Gobies, clinging by the throat, 58.

  Golden age of amphibia, 83;
    of ancient fish, 40;
    of reptiles, 92.

  Gorilla, _at home_, 254;
    driving out elephant, 251;
    structure and habits of, 253.

  Grampus, a flesh-feeding whale, 325.

  Gray, Capt., on whalebone, 329.

  _Greek tortoise_, 96;
    killed by birds, 101.

  Greenland whale, traces of hind limbs in the, 318.

  Gristly skeleton of shark, 31.

  Ground-birds, 156–161;
    generally polygamous, 161.

  Ground-pigeons of New Guinea, 161.

  Grouse are ground-nesters, 156.

  Gudgeon, 65.

  Guillemots, _homes of the_, 144;
    silvery bubbles on, 143.

  _Gulls and their homes_, 144.

  Günther, Dr., on deep-sea fish, 49.

  Gurnards walking, 57.


  Haddock, destroyed by hags, 18.

  Haddon, Prof., A.C., drawings by, 11, 14, 23.

  Hadrosaurus, 93.

  Hags or borers, 16, 18.

  Hang-nests of America, 173.

  Harpodon, a deep-sea fish, 47;
    _figured_, _see frontispiece_.

  Harvest-mouse and shrew compared, 218.

  Hawksbill turtle, tortoise-shell of, 97.

  Hearing apparatus of herrings, 56.

  Heart, of amphibia and reptiles, 74, 76, 96;
    of birds, 135;
    of fishes, 23;
    of frog, three-chambered, 76;
    of tadpole, two-chambered, 74;
    three-chambered, of tortoise, 96.

  _Hedgehog_, 220;
    structure and habits of, 220.

  Herbivora, ancestors of the, 213;
    advantage of struggle for existence to the, 282;
    defences of the, 259;
    large stomachs of, 258;
    structure of the, 258;
    uniting for defence, 350;
    wide range of, 257.

  Heron, strokes of wing of, 134;
    a tree-building wader, 152;
    grasping foot of the, 152.

  Herrings probably call to each other, 56;
    their habits and structure, 56.

  Hesperornis, 130;
    _figured_, 123.

  Heterocercal tails, 30.

  _Hippocampus or sea-horse_, 63.

  Hippopotamus, defences of the, 263;
    former range of the, 263;
    in glacial beds, 342.

  Hissing of a snake, how caused, 113.

  Hogs, early types without tusks, 260;
    various kinds of, 263.

  Homocercal tails, 30.

  Hoofs as defences, 260.

  Horns, absence of, in early forms, 260;
    as defences, 260;
    permanent, of buffaloes, 273.

  Horse, ancestors of the, 213, 261;
    genealogy of the, 267;
    mouth of the, 259;
    no true wild living, 265;
    structure of the, 259, 266.

  Horses unite for protection, 268.

  Howler-monkeys, 246.

  Humming-birds, lovely nests of, 167.

  _Humpback whale suckling her young_, 319.

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The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned familyBuckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton)

Science

The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned family

Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton)

Animals -- Juvenile literature; Vertebrates -- Juvenile literature

Germany, beaver communities in, 229.

  Gibbons, or long-armed apes, 251.

  Gibraltar, monkeys on the rock of, 241.

  Gills of Axolotl, 80;
    of bony fish, 45;
    of embryo shark, 73;
    of the minnow, 22;
    of proteus, 79;
    of sea-horse, 63;
    of shark, 30;
    of sturgeon, 32;
    of tadpole, 73.

  Giraffes, structure of, 271.

  Glacial Period, 342.

  Glass-snake of America, 107.

  Globe-fish, 55.

  Glyptodons, ancient armadilloes, 202, 208.

  Goats and sheep, range of, 274.

  Gobies, clinging by the throat, 58.

  Golden age of amphibia, 83;
    of ancient fish, 40;
    of reptiles, 92.

  Gorilla, _at home_, 254;
    driving out elephant, 251;
    structure and habits of, 253.

  Grampus, a flesh-feeding whale, 325.

  Gray, Capt., on whalebone, 329.

  _Greek tortoise_, 96;
    killed by birds, 101.

  Greenland whale, traces of hind limbs in the, 318.

  Gristly skeleton of shark, 31.

  Ground-birds, 156–161;
    generally polygamous, 161.

  Ground-pigeons of New Guinea, 161.

  Grouse are ground-nesters, 156.

  Gudgeon, 65.

  Guillemots, _homes of the_, 144;
    silvery bubbles on, 143.

  _Gulls and their homes_, 144.

  Günther, Dr., on deep-sea fish, 49.

  Gurnards walking, 57.


  Haddock, destroyed by hags, 18.

  Haddon, Prof., A.C., drawings by, 11, 14, 23.

  Hadrosaurus, 93.

  Hags or borers, 16, 18.

  Hang-nests of America, 173.

  Harpodon, a deep-sea fish, 47;
    _figured_, _see frontispiece_.

  Harvest-mouse and shrew compared, 218.

  Hawksbill turtle, tortoise-shell of, 97.

  Hearing apparatus of herrings, 56.

  Heart, of amphibia and reptiles, 74, 76, 96;
    of birds, 135;
    of fishes, 23;
    of frog, three-chambered, 76;
    of tadpole, two-chambered, 74;
    three-chambered, of tortoise, 96.

  _Hedgehog_, 220;
    structure and habits of, 220.

  Herbivora, ancestors of the, 213;
    advantage of struggle for existence to the, 282;
    defences of the, 259;
    large stomachs of, 258;
    structure of the, 258;
    uniting for defence, 350;
    wide range of, 257.

  Heron, strokes of wing of, 134;
    a tree-building wader, 152;
    grasping foot of the, 152.

  Herrings probably call to each other, 56;
    their habits and structure, 56.

  Hesperornis, 130;
    _figured_, 123.

  Heterocercal tails, 30.

  _Hippocampus or sea-horse_, 63.

  Hippopotamus, defences of the, 263;
    former range of the, 263;
    in glacial beds, 342.

  Hissing of a snake, how caused, 113.

  Hogs, early types without tusks, 260;
    various kinds of, 263.

  Homocercal tails, 30.

  Hoofs as defences, 260.

  Horns, absence of, in early forms, 260;
    as defences, 260;
    permanent, of buffaloes, 273.

  Horse, ancestors of the, 213, 261;
    genealogy of the, 267;
    mouth of the, 259;
    no true wild living, 265;
    structure of the, 259, 266.

  Horses unite for protection, 268.

  Howler-monkeys, 246.

  Humming-birds, lovely nests of, 167.

  _Humpback whale suckling her young_, 319.

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The winners in life's race : $b Or, the great backboned family

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