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In Rawlinson, ii. 58, no. 6, there is a list of some seventy names. Rawlinson, ii. 58, no. 6, 58. De Sarzec, pl. 8, col v. ll. 4-6. Keils Bibl. 3, 1, 80, note 3. Rawlinson, iv. 35, no. 2, 1. See a syllabary giving lists of gods, Rawlinson, ii. 60, 12. See Jensen, Kosmologie der Babylonier, pp. 476-87. See Jensen, Kosmologie der Babylonier, pp. 476-87. Perhaps the knob of a sceptre. Proc. Soc.
Hist. vol. i. 1848, p. 379. A. Butler. The males of certain South American butterflies have tufts of hair on the margins of the wings, and horny excrescences on the discs of the posterior pair. H.W. Bates, in 'Journal of Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. vi. 1862, p. 74. Mr. Wonfor, the males alone are in parts clothed with peculiar scales.
It is impossible to doubt that colour has been gained by many fishes as a protection: no one can examine the speckled upper surface of a flounder, and overlook its resemblance to the sandy bed of the sea on which it lives. Certain fishes, moreover, can through the action of the nervous system change their colours in adaptation to surrounding objects, and that within a short time. 'Proc. Zoolog.
Ernest Brown, in R. A. S. Monthly Notices, 1900. R. A. S. Monthly Notices, Sup.; 1905. R. A. S. Monthly Notices, vol. x., p. 65. R. S. E. Proc., vol. x., 1880. The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancient nations their proper place in the development of primitive notions about astronomy.
Much stress was laid upon this point by the American Convention of Abolition Societies in 1794 and 1795 when the organization expressed the hope that freedmen might participate in civil rights as fast as they qualified by education. See Proc. of Am.
But the females of various pheasants, which apparently are exposed on their open nests to as much danger as the peahen, have tails of considerable length. The females as well as the males of the Menura superba have long tails, and they build a domed nest, which is a great anomaly in so large a bird. Mr. Ramsay, in 'Proc. Zoolog.
Whitehouse demonstrated that the wasps at the commencement of their comb proceed slowly, forming the bases of several together, whereby they assume the hexagonal shape, whereas, if constructed separately, he thought each single cell would be circular. See Proc. Ent. Bees.
The deadly Echis carinata has on its sides some oblique rows of scales of a peculiar structure with serrated edges; and when this snake is excited these scales are rubbed against each other, which produces "a curious prolonged, almost hissing sound." Dr. Anderson, 'Proc. Zoolog. Hence he is satisfied that one of the uses of the rattle is to bring the sexes together.
Amongst the degraded Bushmen of S. Africa, "when a girl has grown up to womanhood without having been betrothed, which, however, does not often happen, her lover must gain her approbation, as well as that of the parents." Azara, 'Voyages, etc., tom. ii. p. 23. Dobrizhoffer, 'An Account of the Abipones, vol. ii. 1822, p. 207. Capt. Musters, in 'Proc. R. Geograph. Soc. vol. xv. p. 47.
"The electrically excited negative pole supplies the force majeure, which entirely, or partially, changes into a rectilinear action the irregular vibration in all directions." Proc. Roy. Soc., 1880. page 472.
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