Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, Volume 51

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Pagina xxiv - Alddx to which it belongs. The most striking characteristic of the Gare-fowl, however, was the comparatively abortive condition of its wings, the distal portions of which, though the bird was just about twice the linear dimensions of the Razor-bill, were almost exactly of the same size as in that species — proving, if more direct evidence were wanting, its inability to fly. The most prevalent misconception concerning the Gare-fowl...
Pagina 17 - General, Morphological and Histological Index to the Author's Collective Memoirs on the Fossil Plants of the Coal-Measures. Pt.
Pagina 29 - On a Collection of Fishes, Batrachians, and Reptiles, made by Mr. SA Neave in Rhodesia, North of the Zambesi, with Field Notes by the Collector.
Pagina 4 - On the Transformations of the Common House Fly, with notes on allied forms.
Pagina xxiii - It is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, but contracts at both ends.
Pagina 1 - On some points of chemical philosophy involved in the discovery of radium and the properties of its combinations.
Pagina xv - Of the old flame forthwith the greater horn Began to roll, murmuring, as a fire That labors with the wind, then to and fro Wagging the top, as a tongue uttering sounds, Threw out its voice, and spake : " When I escaped From Circe, who beyond a circling year...
Pagina lii - Society, a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...
Pagina xxiv - In size it was hardly less than a tame Goose, and in appearance it much resembled its smaller and surviving relative the Razor-bill (Alca torda) ; but the glossy black of its head was varied by a large patch of white occupying nearly all tii...
Pagina 9 - Memoirs on the Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the Coal Measures.

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