The Common Objects of the Country

EYES AND NO EYES--DIFFICULTIES OF OBSERVERS--THE BATS--LONG-EARED BAT--ITS UTILITY--SPORT AND MURDER--SONG OF THE BAT--A BRAVE PRISONER--HOW BATS FEED--HAIR OF BAT AND MOUSE--WI...

I have already mentioned that the water-rat has little claim to the title of rat; and there is another creature which has even less claim to the title of mouse. This is the Shre...

THE COMMON LIZARD--SUDDEN CURTAILMENT--BLIND-WORM--A CURIOUS DANCE--THE VIPER--CURE FOR ITS BITE--THE COMMON SNAKE--SNAKE-HUNTING--CURIOUS PETS--SNAKE AND FROG--CASTING THE SKIN...

The Newts, or Efts, or Evats, as they are called in different parts of England, can be easily distinguished from the lizard by the flattened tail, which, being intended for swim...

A SHORT ESSAY ON LEGS--TAKING A WALK--BRITISH FAKIRS--INSECT LIFE--DEVELOPMENT--THE TIGER MOTH--GROWTH OF THE CATERPILLAR--HOW TO DISSECT INSECTS--PLAN OF CATERPILLAR ANATOMY--S...

Just at the right hand of the Tiger-moth, on plate B, may be seen a caterpillar of a very strange and eccentric form, and marked by the number 4 _a_. This is the larva or caterp...

It will be noticed that the insects mentioned in the preceding chapter are mostly remarkable for the cocoons which they construct, and that the peculiarities of the larva and th...

The accompanying cut is a good representation of a very singular creature called the “Lappet Moth”. As may be seen by the engraving, when it is settled quietly upon a leaf with...

Of the remaining objects, only a very brief description can be given. Enough, however, will be said to assist the observer in identifying the object, and to serve as a guide to...