Animal BehaviourE. Arnold, 1900 - 344 pàgines |
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... INSECTS . III . THE INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG BIRDS 63 71 84 IV . THE CONSCIOUS ASPECT OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR V. THE EVOLUTION OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR 98 106 III . SOME RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT IV . THE EVOLUTION.
... INSECTS . III . THE INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG BIRDS 63 71 84 IV . THE CONSCIOUS ASPECT OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR V. THE EVOLUTION OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR 98 106 III . SOME RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT IV . THE EVOLUTION.
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... Dr. Peckham's " Solitary Wasps " ) . ( After 76 19 13. Insect Larvæ : Sitaris , Argyromoba , and Leucopsis . ( After Fabre " Souvenirs " ) . 14. Yucca Flower and Moth 888888 80 83 Cuckoo ejecting Meadow Pipit . ( From Mrs. Hugh Black-
... Dr. Peckham's " Solitary Wasps " ) . ( After 76 19 13. Insect Larvæ : Sitaris , Argyromoba , and Leucopsis . ( After Fabre " Souvenirs " ) . 14. Yucca Flower and Moth 888888 80 83 Cuckoo ejecting Meadow Pipit . ( From Mrs. Hugh Black-
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... insects , while short - stalked purple glands secrete an acid digestive juice . Division of labour has been carried further ; and organic behaviour , not less pur- posive , is carried out in a manner even more effective . FIG . 7 ...
... insects , while short - stalked purple glands secrete an acid digestive juice . Division of labour has been carried further ; and organic behaviour , not less pur- posive , is carried out in a manner even more effective . FIG . 7 ...
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... insects are rendered subservient to the needs of the plant . In the Catasetums , for example , the male flower may be described as consisting of two parts - a lower part , the cup - like labellum ( Figs . 9 , 7 ) , which constitutes a ...
... insects are rendered subservient to the needs of the plant . In the Catasetums , for example , the male flower may be described as consisting of two parts - a lower part , the cup - like labellum ( Figs . 9 , 7 ) , which constitutes a ...
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... insects which frequent the flowers . When once attached to an insect , assuredly no force which the insect could exert would remove the disc and pedicel , but the caudicles [ by which the pollen - masses are attached ] are ruptured ...
... insects which frequent the flowers . When once attached to an insect , assuredly no force which the insect could exert would remove the disc and pedicel , but the caudicles [ by which the pollen - masses are attached ] are ruptured ...
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Pàgina 338 - EUROPEAN SCHOOLS ; or, What I Saw in the Schools of Germany, France, Austria, and Switzerland. By LR KLEMM, Ph. D , Principal of the Cincinnati Technical School, author of " Chips from a Teacher's Workshop,
Pàgina 280 - The consciousness of brutes would appear to be related to the mechanism of their body simply as a collateral product of its working, and to be as completely without any power of modifying that working, as the steam-whistle which accompanies the work of a locomotive engine is without influence upon its machinery.
Pàgina 219 - ... those communities, which included the greatest number of the most sympathetic members, would flourish best, and rear the greatest number of offspring.
Pàgina 55 - For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any laws of mechanism, but, according to the best notions of the greatest philosophers, is an immediate impression from the first mover, and the divine energy acting in the creatures.
Pàgina 271 - In other words, those races of beings only can have survived in which, on the average, agreeable or desired feelings went along with activities conducive to the maintenance of life, while disagreeable and habitually-avoided feelings went along with activities directly or indirectly destructive of life...
Pàgina 330 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Pàgina 55 - ... Faculty of an intellectual Being. For my own part, I look upon it as upon the Principle of Gravitation in Bodies, which is not to be explained by any known Qualities inherent in the Bodies themselves, nor from any Laws of Mechanism, but, according to the best Notions of the greatest Philosophers, is an immediate Impression from the first Mover, and the Divine Energy acting in the Creatures.
Pàgina 215 - When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabitants, excavating chambers, forming tunnels, making roads, guarding their home, gathering food, feeding the young, tending their domestic animals, — each one fulfilling its duties industriously, and without confusion, — it is difficult altogether to deny to them the gift of reason ; and the preceding observations tend to confirm the opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men, not so much in kind as in degree.
Pàgina 291 - We see that the inferior animals, when the conditions of life are favorable, are subject to periodical fits of gladness, affecting them powerfully and standing out in vivid contrast to their ordinary temper. And we know what this feeling is — this periodic intense elation which even civilized man occasionally experiences when in perfect health, more especially when young.
Pàgina 339 - The Mind of the Child.' By W. PREYER, Professor of Physiology in the University of Jena. (Translated.) Crown 8vo., 6s. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECT. Forming Part II. of