Zoology: The Science of Animal Life

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Author

Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946

Title

Zoölogy: The Science of Animal Life Popular Science Library, Volume XII (of 16), P. F. Collier & Son Company, 1922

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E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Haragos Pál, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Zoology

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48196

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48196

Release Date

February 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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4. 4.ZOÖLOGY The Science of Animal Life — PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I HOW THE GLOBE WAS STOCKED WITH LIFE — LIFE CONSTANTLY ORIGINATED BY NATURE'S PRODUCTIVE ENERGY — LIFE'S BORDERLAND — CHAPTER II THE SEA A VAST AQUARIUM — THE PLANKTON AND ITS PHOSPHORESCENCE — PRISONERS IN THE DARK AND ICY DEPTHS — CHAPTER III A CHAPTER OF FOUNDATIONS — THE NATURAL BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION — ANIMAL LIFE IN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT — CHAPTER IV THE HUMBLEST OF ANIMALS—SPONGES — CHAPTER V FLOWERS OF THE SEA — JELLYFISHES, NAMESAKES OF THE FABLED MEDUSA — SEA ANEMONES, CORALS, AND SEA FANS — CHAPTER VI UNINVITED GUESTS — FLATWORMS, FLUKES AND TAPEWORMS — CHAPTER VII DWELLERS BETWEEN TIDE MARKS — THE COLONIAL MOSS ANIMALS — ANCIENT LAMP SHELLS — STARFISHES, SEA URCHINS, AND TREPANGS — EARTHWORMS AND BEACHWORMS — CHAPTER VIII BUILDERS OF THE PEARLY SHELLS — THE OYSTER AND ITS RELATIVES — CHAPTER IX BUILDERS OF THE PEARLY SHELLS— Continued — MUSSELS, SCALLOPS AND CHITONS — SNAILS AS TYPES OF GASTROPODS — SEA SHELLS IN NATURE AND ART — NAUTILUS, DEVILFISH, AND SQUID — CHAPTER X ANIMALS WITH JOINTED FRAMES — CRABS AND THEIR SMALL RELATIVES — MILLIPEDES AND CENTIPEDES — WEAVERS OF SILKEN TRAPS — THE SPIDERS AND THEIR WEBS — MITES AND TICKS — CHAPTER XI FROM BUTTERFLIES TO BEETLES AND BEES — SOME PRIMITIVE GROUPS — A MUSICAL TRIBE — THE TRUE BUGS — GILDED BUTTERFLIES AND DUSTY MOTHS — FLIES AND THEIR HYGIENIC IMPORTANCE — BEETLES AND THEIR GRUBS — HONEY MAKERS AND PLANT STINGERS — CHAPTER XII AT THE DOORWAY OF THE "UPPER CLASSES" — PRIME SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NOTOCHORD — THE ROUNDMOUTHS—LAMPREYS AND HAGS — CHAPTER XIII FISHES—THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE WATERS — CHAPTER XIV SHARKS—THE TIGERS OF THE SEA — CHAPTER XV THE FEARFUL DEVILFISH AND OTHER RAYS — CHAPTER XVI BONY FISHES—TELEOSTOMI — CHAPTER XVII MODERN FISHES—TELEOSTEI — FISHES WITH PRIMITIVE LUNGS — CHAPTER XVIII AMPHIBIANS—A CONNECTING LINK — NEWTS AND SALAMANDERS — CHAPTER XIX AMPHIBIANS— Continued — FROGS, TOADS AND TADPOLES — FROGS AS NURSERY MAIDS AND WEATHER PROPHETS — CHAPTER XX REPTILES—MONARCHS OF THE MESOZOIC WORLD — THE SOURCES OF TORTOISE SHELL AND TERRAPIN STEW — DINOSAURS—ANCESTORS OF BIRDS — CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS — LIZARDS AND CHAMELEONS—TURNCOATS OF THE WOODS — CHAPTER XXI SERPENTS, GOOD AND BAD — ORDINARY SNAKES (COLUBRIDÆ) — CORAL SNAKES, COBRAS, AND SEA SNAKES — VIPERS, MOCCASINS AND RATTLESNAKES — CHAPTER XXII BIRDS—KINGS OF THE AIR — HOW A BIRD IS BUILT — CHAPTER XXIII SOME NOTABLE WATER BIRDS — CHAPTER XXIV VULTURES, FALCONS AND GAME BIRDS — CHAPTER XXV FROM GULLS TO KINGFISHERS — CHAPTER XXVI PASSERINE BIRDS — CHAPTER XXVII THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD—SOME PRIMITIVE TYPES — RELICS OF PRIMITIVE TYPES — THE MARSUPIALS — THE EDENTATA—ANTEATERS, SLOTHS, AND ARMADILLOS — CHAPTER XXVIII THE GNAWERS — SQUIRRELS, WOODCHUCKS AND BEAVERS — CHAPTER XXIX MAMMALS OF THE SEA — CHAPTER XXX THE WORLD'S HERDS AND FLOCKS — RHINOCEROSES, TAPIRS AND HORSES — HIPPOS, PIGS AND CAMELS — CHAPTER XXXI THE WORLD'S HERDS AND FLOCKS— Continued — CAMELS, DEER, GIRAFFES AND PRONGHORNS — CHAPTER XXXII SOME SUPREMELY USEFUL ANIMALS — CHAPTER XXXIII BEASTS OF PREY—THE CARNIVORA — BEARS, DOGS, WOLVES, FOXES AND JACKALS — THE DOG FAMILY—WOLVES, FOXES AND JACKALS — THE SOURCE OF COSTLY FURS — CIVETS, MONGOOSES AND HYENAS — CHAPTER XXXIV BEASTS OF PREY— Continued — CHAPTER XXXV INSECTIVORA—HEDGEHOGS, MOLES AND SHREWS — CHAPTER XXXVI THE BATS—WING-HANDED MAMMALS — CHAPTER XXXVII MAN'S HUMBLE COUSINS — LEMURS, GALAGOS AND AYE-AYES — MARMOSETS, MONKEYS AND BABOONS — GIBBON, CHIMPANZEE, GORILLA, ORANG-UTAN

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