Natural History
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1900 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHIS is a rare winter visitor and not much known. Its nest is a very bulky and somewhat remarkable structure, composed exteriorly of sticks of various sizes, forming a spherical...
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Das Mikroskop und seine AnwendungDas Mikroskop und seine Anwendung - Ein Leitfaden bei mikroskopischen UntersuchungenSeit ungefhr fnf Jahren hat das Mikroskop aufgehrt ausschliesslich ein Instrument des Naturforschers zu sein. Es hat sich seit dieser Zeit nicht nur als ein unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel denen erwiesen, welche in ihren Berufsgeschften in...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 1900Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 1900THIS curious bird has several local names. It is called the "stake-driver," "booming bittern," and "thunder-pumper," in consequence of its peculiar cry. It was once thought that this noise was made by using a hollow...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 3, March 1900Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 3, March 1900 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyIT WAS a saying among the ancients, "As beautiful as is the peacock among birds, so is the tiger among quadrupeds." The birds are of many varieties, some white, others...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 2, February 1900Birds and All Nature, Vol 7, No. 2, February 1900 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyHOW many of the boys and girls who read Birds and All Nature ever saw a baby heron? I am sure you would like to see ours. He measures from...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1900Birds and All Nature, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1900 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHIS miniature of Rallus elegans or king rail, is found throughout the whole of temperate North America as far as the British Provinces, south to Guatemala and Cuba, and winters...
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Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 121Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic FowlA series of studies is here presented bearing on the question of dominance and its varying potency. Of these studies, that on the Y comb presents a case where relative dominance varies from perfection to entire absence, and through...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 5, December 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 5, December 1899 - Illustrated by Color Photography"Something must be done," Mr. Red-eyed Vireo was saying, as I sauntered down to the orchard and seated myself beneath an apple tree, "we have stood the imposition long enough....
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Early western travels, 1748-1846, v. 24Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 3 and appendixTitle: Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices...
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Glimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of WightGlimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of Wight - Designed to Assist and Encourage Young Persons in Forming Habits of ObservationAgnes Merton was one day sitting in rather a melancholy mood on the swing in her...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 4, November 1899 - In Natural ColorsINSTANCES are very rare where birds are familiar with human beings, and the humming birds especially are considered unapproachable, yet a naturalist tells how he succeeded in catching one in his...
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Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological ProblemsEssays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems - Authorised TranslationThe attention of English biologists and men of science was first called to Professor Weismanns essays by an article entitled Death in The Nineteenth Century for May, 1885, by Mr. A. E. Shipley. Since then...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 3, October 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 3, October 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyFORESTS have always been admired, and in ancient times they were often considered sacred, the special dwelling-places of gods and various strange beings. We can easily understand how forests thus...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 2, September 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHERE is a wide difference of opinion among naturalists as to the stock from which our dogs of the present day came. Hallock says that some have it the wolf,...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyIt is commonly asserted that the male is an arrant shirk, that he leaves the entire labor of building and furnishing the house as well as the heavy duties of...
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An Elementary Text-book of the MicroscopeAn Elementary Text-book of the Microscope - including a description of the methods of preparing and mounting objects, etc.THE object of this little work is to furnish an elementary course of instruction in the use of the Microscope, and on its application to the...
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The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, IllustratedThe Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated England's "observables"Why I delayed visiting CornwallA vision of the Land's End-Flight to St. Ives-Climate-The old town-The fishermen-Their love of children-Drowned babesThe fishing fleet going out at sunset-Old memories suggested-Jackdaws at St. IvesFeeding the birdsA...
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Natural WondersNatural WondersNo small part of our fundamental knowledge concerning the world of nature has been put into shape for comprehension by children, time out of mind. The Swiss Family Robinson is half natural history, even if not always of an especially convincing kind; and...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHE nutmeg is the spice obtained from a medium-sized evergreen tree reaching a height of from twenty-five to forty feet. This tree is dicious, that is the male flowers and...
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Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 5, May 1899Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 5, May 1899 - Illustrated by Color PhotographyTHERE is no more beautiful bird in our northern states, if there be in the whole country, than our waxwing. Many birds are more gorgeously appareled, and with many there...
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