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Updated: May 11, 2025
The rainfall in British Columbia is considerable, and the flora trees, plants, ferns richer than anywhere else in North America, with many resemblances to the trees and plants of Japan and northern China. On the Alaskan coasts and islands is Otaria ursina, the creature which provides the sealskin fur of commerce. Alexander Henry, jun., gives some interesting facts about this remarkable beast.
Murie, J., on the reduction of organs; on the ears of the Lemuroidea; on variability of the muscles in the Lemuroidea; basal caudal vertebrae of Macacus brunneus imbedded in the body; on the manner of sitting in short-tailed apes; on differences in the Lemuroidea; on the throat-pouch of the male bustard; on the mane of Otaria jubata; on the sub-orbital pits of Ruminants; on the colours of the sexes in Otaria nigrescens.
Albino birds. Alca torda, young of. Alces palmata. Alder and Hancock, MM., on the nudi-branch mollusca. Allen, J.A., vigour of birds earliest hatched; effect of difference of temperature, light, etc., on birds; colours of birds; on the relative size of the sexes of Callorhinus ursinus; on the name of Otaria jubata; on the pairing of seals; on sexual differences in the colour of bats.
In 1857 a tiger at Bromwich broke into the cage of a lion and a fearful scene ensued: "the lion's mane saved his neck and head from being much injured, but the tiger at last succeeded in ripping up his belly, and in a few minutes he was dead." 'The Times, Nov. 10, 1857. Dr. Murie, on Otaria, 'Proc. Zoolog. Soc. 1869, p. 109. Mr.
Thus the male of the Otaria nigrescens of the southern hemisphere is of a rich brown shade above; whilst the female, who acquires her adult tints earlier in life than the male, is dark-grey above, the young of both sexes being of a deep chocolate colour.
Cathartes jota. Closely allied to the "turkey-buzzard" of the United States. Otaria Falklandica. There are several distinct species of "otary," or "fur-seal"; those of the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego being different from the fur-seals of northern latitudes.
Murie on the Otaria, 'Proceedings Zoological Society, 1869, p. 108. Mr. R. Brown on the P. groenlandica, ibid. 1868, p. 417. With Ruminants sexual differences of colour occur more commonly than in any other order. We have seen that in this species the crests and tufts of hair are likewise more developed in the male than in the hornless female. I am informed by Mr.
Ostrich, African, sexes and incubation of the. Ostriches, stripes of young. Otaria jubata, mane of the male. Otaria nigrescens, difference in the coloration of the sexes of. Otis bengalensis, love-antics of the male. Otis tarda, throat-pouch of the male; polygamous. Ouzel, ring-, colours and nidification of the. Ouzel, water-, singing in the autumn; colours and nidification of the.
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