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Denison, Sir W., manner of ridding themselves of vermin among the Australians; extinction of Tasmanians. Denny, H., on the lice of domestic animals. Dermestes murinus, stridulation of. Descent traced through the mother alone. Deserts, protective colouring of animals inhabiting.
Crossing of races, effects of the. Crossoptilon auritum, adornment of both sexes of; sexes alike in. Crotch, G.R., on the stridulation of beetles; on the stridulation of Heliopathes; on the stridulation of Acalles; habit of female deer at breeding time. Crow, Indians, long hair of the. Crow, young of the. Crows, vocal organs of the; living in triplets. Crows, carrion, new mates found by.
Throughout great lengths of shore-line the tuneless stridulation of frogs, the guttural cries of water-birds and the general movement in the sedge indicated a serene content among small life. But sometimes he would find silence on one bank for a goodly stretch where there was neither marsh-chorus nor cadences of insects. The hush would be profound and an affrighted air of suspense was apparent.
Tropic-birds, white only when mature. Tropics, freshwater fishes of the. Trout, proportion of the sexes in; male, pugnacity of the. Trox sabulosus, stridulation of. Truth, not rare between members of the same tribe; more highly appreciated by certain tribes. Tulloch, Major, on the immunity of the negro from certain fevers. Tumbler, almond, change of plumage in the. Turdus merula, young of.
The moss that thatched the red banks was burned, and all the ferns were shrivelling up. Everywhere butterflies fluttered, lizards basked in the sun, and the stridulation of innumerable insects vexed the ear. The way was long, and the coach lumbered heavily through the July weather. "I do not want to talk," sighed Unity. "My heart is too heavy." "My own is not light," said Cary grimly.
Often through the woods a loud, sharp, resonant stridulation is heard, sounding like the syllables "Ta, na, na," succeeding each other with little intermission. It is produced by a species of wood cricket, called by the natives after the sound it produces. The total length of the body is two inches and a quarter when the wings are closed.
In the crickets the wing-cases are symmetrical; both have straight edges and sharply-scored nervures adapted to produce the stridulation. A distinct portion of their edges is not, therefore, set apart for the elaboration of a sound-producing instrument. In this family the wing-cases lie flat on the back of the insect, and overlap each other for a considerable portion of their extent.
By no means. The efforts of the former produce a scarcely perceptible stridulation; the palpitating throat of the latter is as ineffectual; and the desired one does not come. Does the insect really require to emit these resounding effusions, these vociferous avowals, in order to declare its passion? Consult the immense majority whom the conjunction of the sexes leaves silent.
Monogamy, not primitive. Monogenists. Mononychus pseudacori, stridulation of. Monotremata, development of the nictitating membrane in; lactiferous glands of; connecting mammals with reptiles. Monstrosities, analogous, in man and lower animals; caused by arrest of development; correlation of; transmission of.
So it was that, as hour followed hour and the tale of them lengthened into days, he fell into a temper of morbid brooding that was little like the man, and instead of faring abroad and seeking what amusement he might find in the most carefree city of the post-War world, shut himself up in his rooms and moped, indifferent to all things but the knocks at his door, the stridulation of the telephone bell that might announce the arrival of the desired message.
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