Transactions - Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Bände 1-7Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club., 1881 |
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Seite 33 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Seite 3 - V of the Transactions of the Epping Forest and County of Essex Naturalists' Field Club ; Entomological Report of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, for 1880, from the Editor, Prof.
Seite 4 - He shall also have the custody of all books and papers belonging to the Club, and shall supervise their circulation among the members. 8. Council. — The Council. shall, as business may require, meet from time to time at the call of the President, or of any two officers; shall control all matters affecting the welfare of the Club, subject to this Constitution; shall have full control of the funds of the Club, and shall report its proceedings to the members at the Annual Meeting. 9. Annual Meelintj.
Seite 23 - The chemical and mechanical conditions under which these rocks were deposited and crystallized, whether in shallow waters, or in abyssal depths (where pressure greatly influences chemical affinities) have not been reproduced to any great extent since the beginning of palaeozoic time.
Seite 3 - Section 3. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the custodian of all books, papers, documents, and other property of the Section, except money. He shall keep a true record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Section and of the Council, whether assembled or acting under submission.
Seite 49 - The nest is usually placed in the most solitary recesses of the marsh, or bog, amidst coarse grass, reeds, and rushes, and generally contains from twelve to sixteen eggs of a dull greenish white. The young are led about by the mother in the same manner as those of the tame duck, but with a superior caution, a cunning and watchful vigilance peculiar...
Seite 17 - Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains over the great interior ; that of Hudson's Bay between the arms of the northern V. The evolution of the grand structure lines of the continent was hence early commenced, and the system then initiated was the system to the end.
Seite 30 - York, and of yellow pine (P. variabilia) in the States south of us. Whilst it is old and decaying or dead trees that most of the larger borers which we have described above attack, this small insect is liable to invade trees that are in full health and vigor, those that are young as well as old...
Seite 22 - ... of an inch, mere cosmic dust. Myriads of these may revolve in space without our having sny knowledge of their existence. To this comet dust is now attributed by scientists that peculiar fleecy brightness* known as the zodiacal light. Any observer of the western sky at this season of the year for about one hour after sunset may see a soft faint cone shaped glow of light extending about forty degrees, following nearly the Sun's path in the heavens. Near the equator when the ecliptic rises high...
Seite 173 - It is thoroughly amphibious, making long journeys through the forest, and swimming the lakes and rivers. It can remain under water almost as long as a loon, and I have known one to swim nearly a quarter of a mile without showing its head above the surface. Its food consists chiefly of various species of fish, and the lobster-like fresh water decapod, called the cray-fish. When unable to procure these in sufficient quantity it devours frogs, and it is said to depopulate the poultryyard, anil even...