"The name of several classes of fungi. The best known is the common mushroom. It has a fleshy head, smooth or scaly on the upper surface, varying from white to tawny shades or brown. The gills on the under side of the head are at first pallid, changing slowly with the plant's growth to pink, purple and brown-black." — Beach, 1900

Mushroom

"The name of several classes of fungi. The best known is the common mushroom. It has a fleshy head,…

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls belong embraces also the terns, and these two kinds of birds are closely related." — Beach, 1909

Great Black Backed Gull

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls belong embraces also the terns, and these two kinds of birds are closely related." — Beach, 1909

Black-headed Gull

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls belong embraces also the terns, and these two kinds of birds are closely related." — Beach, 1909

Small Black-Backed Gull

"A long-winged water-bird with webbed feet, inhabiting all parts of the world. The group to which gulls…

"A species of the genus Ilex, which contains about 175 species distributed throughout the world. They are ornamental shrubs with evergreen or deciduous and sometimes spiny leaves and black, red or yellow berries, which remain on the shrubs until the following spring." — Beach, 1909

Holly

"A species of the genus Ilex, which contains about 175 species distributed throughout the world. They…

"A species of Hawk-moth or lepidopterous insect of the family Sphingidae, not uncommon in some parts of England and of the continent of Europe, and very widely distributed over the world, being found in Africa, the Mauritius, and the East Indies. It measures almost five inches from tip to tip of the extended wings; is of a dark color, the body yellow with black markings, the thorax with pale markings which have some resemblance to a skull, and from which it derives its name." — Chambers, 1881

Death's Head Moth

"A species of Hawk-moth or lepidopterous insect of the family Sphingidae, not uncommon in some parts…

"They are accordingly found on the mountainour parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland; over the whole of the Lammermuir range, the upper part of Lanarkshire, and generally over the Highlands of Scotland. Both male and female of this breed have horns, which in the former are very large and spirally twisted. The face and legs are black or specked with black, with an occasional tendency to this color on the fleece; but there is nothing of the brown or russet color which distinguishes the down breeds." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Black-Faced Heath Sheep

"They are accordingly found on the mountainour parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland;…

"Fictile vase, from Athens. Design in black, on drab ground." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Fictile Vase

"Fictile vase, from Athens. Design in black, on drab ground." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

A small ring necked plover of North America. It is of a pale gray color above and white below, with a narrow black frontlet and necklace, and the bill black, and orange at the base.

Piping Plover

A small ring necked plover of North America. It is of a pale gray color above and white below, with…

A small fly of a dark metallic green or black color.

Louse Fly

A small fly of a dark metallic green or black color.

This fish is of a dark olive color heavily dotted with black, and has two dark bars at the base of the caudal fin.

Pirate Perch

This fish is of a dark olive color heavily dotted with black, and has two dark bars at the base of the…

A monkey.

Black Couxio

A monkey.

Papilio Machaon, also known as the Old World Swallowtail. A yellow butterfly with black wings and a wingspan of up to 8 cm.

Old World Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio Machaon, also known as the Old World Swallowtail. A yellow butterfly with black wings and a…

A European species of butterfly with orange wings and black spots.

Silver-Washed Fritillary

A European species of butterfly with orange wings and black spots.

A fish with a blunt snout and fins free of spines. Color is uniformly blueish above without dark bands or black on the vertical fins, and silvery or golden on the sides.

Common Pompano

A fish with a blunt snout and fins free of spines. Color is uniformly blueish above without dark bands…

A bird that lives in the marshes. Has a stout bill and long legs, and more stately carriage. The plumage is very rich and elegant with intense blue, purple, and other tints.

Black Backed Sultan

A bird that lives in the marshes. Has a stout bill and long legs, and more stately carriage. The plumage…

"Adjudged the best two-move problem of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1872). White to play and mate in two moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"Adjudged the best two-move problem of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1872). White to play and…

"The prize problem of the Cambridge Tourney, 1860. White to play and mate in three moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"The prize problem of the Cambridge Tourney, 1860. White to play and mate in three moves." — Encyclopedia…

"One of the first-prize set of the Bristol Tourney, 1861. White to play and mate in three moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"One of the first-prize set of the Bristol Tourney, 1861. White to play and mate in three moves." —…

"One of the second-prize set of the Pasris Tourney, 1867. White to play and mate in four moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"One of the second-prize set of the Pasris Tourney, 1867. White to play and mate in four moves." —…

"One of the first-prize set of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1872, and also adjudged the best four move problem of the Tourney. White to play and mate in four moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"One of the first-prize set of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1872, and also adjudged the best…

"One of the first-prize set of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1862, and also adjudged the best problem in the Tourney. White to play and mate in five moves." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Chess Strategy

"One of the first-prize set of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1862, and also adjudged the best…

It is of a slaty-black color, paler below, and attains a length of a foot or more.

Priestfish

It is of a slaty-black color, paler below, and attains a length of a foot or more.

A species of large brown or black beetles. Some of the longest beetles known.

Prioninae

A species of large brown or black beetles. Some of the longest beetles known.

One of the largest group of beetles, mostly having shiny, black bodies.

Ground Beetle

One of the largest group of beetles, mostly having shiny, black bodies.

One of the largest group of beetles, mostly having shiny, black bodies.

Ground Beetle

One of the largest group of beetles, mostly having shiny, black bodies.

The male has a deep lustrous steel blue and black bill. The female is greenish brown and glossed with a steel blue.

Purple Martin

The male has a deep lustrous steel blue and black bill. The female is greenish brown and glossed with…

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known as "wheeling its drowsy flight" during fine evenings. This it does in search of a patch of cow-dung, through which it makes its way until reaching the ground, where it bores a perpendicular tunnel about 8 inches deep, and as wide as a man's finger; then ascending to the surface it conveys a quantity of dung to the bottom, and on this it proceeds to deposit an egg; another layer of the same material and another egg follow until the entire shaft is filled." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Dung Beetle

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known…

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known as "wheeling its drowsy flight" during fine evenings. This it does in search of a patch of cow-dung, through which it makes its way until reaching the ground, where it bores a perpendicular tunnel about 8 inches deep, and as wide as a man's finger; then ascending to the surface it conveys a quantity of dung to the bottom, and on this it proceeds to deposit an egg; another layer of the same material and another egg follow until the entire shaft is filled." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Dung Beetle

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known…

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known as "wheeling its drowsy flight" during fine evenings. This it does in search of a patch of cow-dung, through which it makes its way until reaching the ground, where it bores a perpendicular tunnel about 8 inches deep, and as wide as a man's finger; then ascending to the surface it conveys a quantity of dung to the bottom, and on this it proceeds to deposit an egg; another layer of the same material and another egg follow until the entire shaft is filled." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Dung Beetle

"A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known…

A beautiful bird of a rich yellow color, passing by degrees through olivaceous tints on te rump, wings, and tail, the last blotch with white. The bill is comparatively large and black.

Prothonotary Warbler

A beautiful bird of a rich yellow color, passing by degrees through olivaceous tints on te rump, wings,…

"A contemporary portrait of the Black Prince when he was not armed, which consequently may be agreeably associated with his noble armed effigy upon his own monument at Canterbury. The doublet and hose, doubtless worn by the Black Prince under his voluminous mantle with its deeply jugged lower border." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Black Prince

"A contemporary portrait of the Black Prince when he was not armed, which consequently may be agreeably…

A bird which nests in holes in the ground. About 12inches long, of a blackish color above, white below, with a black collar and gray face; the bill is a very curious bright red.

Common Puffin

A bird which nests in holes in the ground. About 12inches long, of a blackish color above, white below,…

"A genus of carnivorous mammals belonging to the Viverridae or family of civets. It contains six species, all of which are found exclusively in Africa, with the exception of the common genet, which occurs also throughout the south of Europe and in Palestine, where Tristram notes it as occurring on Mount Carmel. The fur of this species is of a dark grey color, thickly spotted with black, and having a dark streak along the back, while the tail, which is nearly as long as the body, is prettily ringed with black and white." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Genet

"A genus of carnivorous mammals belonging to the Viverridae or family of civets. It contains six species,…

An instrument which serves to transform radiant energy into mechanical work. Have 4 vanes, with one side white and the other black.

Radiometer

An instrument which serves to transform radiant energy into mechanical work. Have 4 vanes, with one…

A bird with black plumage with a metallic sheen, the bill and feet are ebony black, the wings pointed and the tail rounded.

Raven

A bird with black plumage with a metallic sheen, the bill and feet are ebony black, the wings pointed…

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric cavity and its continuations; the lighter shading represents the genital products (ova or sperm). Medualform person still attached by a stalk at the aboral pole to a colony." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosae

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric…

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric cavity and its continuations; the lighter shading represents the genital products (ova or sperm). Modified medusiform person, with margin of the disc (umbrella) united above and importforato (mouthless) manubrium." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosae

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric…

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric cavity and its continuations; the lighter shading represents the genital products (ova or sperm). Sporosac, with imcomplete extension of the enteric cavity into the umbrella,-rudimentary invagination above to form the sub-umbrella cavity." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosae

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric…

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric cavity and its continuations; the lighter shading represents the genital products (ova or sperm). Sporosac with manubrial portion only of the enteric cavity." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosae

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric…

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric cavity and its continuations; the lighter shading represents the genital products (ova or sperm). Sporosac without any trace of manubrium." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosae

"Gradual degeneration of the medusa bud into the form of a sporosae. The black represents the enteric…

"Diagram showing possible modifications of medusiform and hydriform persons of a colony of Siphonophora. n, pneumatocyst; k, nectocalyces (swimming bells); l, hydrophyllium (covering-piece); i, generative medusiform person; g, dactylozooid with attached tentacle, h; e, nutritive hydriform person, with branched grappling tentacle, f; m, stem. The thick black line represents endoderm, the thinner line ectoderm." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Siphonophora

"Diagram showing possible modifications of medusiform and hydriform persons of a colony of Siphonophora.…

An Australian bird with black velvety and golden yellow plumage in the male.

Regent Bowerbird

An Australian bird with black velvety and golden yellow plumage in the male.

A silvery fish commonly used as bait.

Black Nosed Dace

A silvery fish commonly used as bait.

"Chrysalids: a, Orange-tip Butterfly; b, Black-veined White Butterfly; a, Swallow-tailed Butterfly; d, Purple Emperor; e, Silverwashed Fritillary; f, Duke of Burgundy Fritillary." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Chrysalids

"Chrysalids: a, Orange-tip Butterfly; b, Black-veined White Butterfly; a, Swallow-tailed Butterfly;…

"A fish of the family Cyprinidae, of the same genus with the roach, dace, bleak and minnow. The color is bluish-black on the upper parts, passing in to silvey white on the belly; the cheeks and gill-covers rich golden yellow. The chub rarely attains a weight exceeding 5 lbs. It is plentiful in many of the rivers of England, and occurs in some of those of the south-west of Scotland." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Chub

"A fish of the family Cyprinidae, of the same genus with the roach, dace, bleak and minnow. The color…

A medium skimmer bird whose large bill is red with a black tip.

Black Skimmer

A medium skimmer bird whose large bill is red with a black tip.

A seal which has many bands of white around black.

Ribbon Seal

A seal which has many bands of white around black.

"Star of the Order of the Black Eagle." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Black Eagle

"Star of the Order of the Black Eagle." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

"A wood remarkable for its hardness, heaviness, and deep black color, is the heart-wood of different species of Diospyros, of the natural order Ebenaceae, the same genus which produces the Date Plum, Kaki, and other fruits." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Ebony

"A wood remarkable for its hardness, heaviness, and deep black color, is the heart-wood of different…

An Australian bird of paradise. It is usually 12 inches long with a wing span of 6 inches. Mostly black with iridescent purple, violet, blue, and green.

Riflebird

An Australian bird of paradise. It is usually 12 inches long with a wing span of 6 inches. Mostly black…

"A, Schematic longitudinal section through a zooid and bud of Stylophora digitata. In A, B, and C the thick black lines represent coenosarc; col, columella; T, tabulae. B, similar section through a single zoooid and bud of Astroides calicularis. C, similar section through three corallites of Lophohelia prolifera. ez, edge-zone. D, Diagram illustration the process of budding by unequal division. E, section through a dividing calicle of Mussa, showing the union of two septa in the plane of division, and the origin of new septa at right angles to them." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Stylophora Digitata

"A, Schematic longitudinal section through a zooid and bud of Stylophora digitata. In A, B, and C the…

A locust with pods sometimes used to make honey.

Black Locust

A locust with pods sometimes used to make honey.

A small bird having grey and brown upper parts with small black and white spots. Pale grey under parts and a brown rump.

Rock Wren

A small bird having grey and brown upper parts with small black and white spots. Pale grey under parts…

A bird with a thin black bill with a red tip.

Roseate Tern

A bird with a thin black bill with a red tip.

"Liphistus desultor, Ventral view with the prosomatic appendages cut short expecting the chelicerae (1) whose sharp retroverts are seen. Between the bases of the prosomatic limbs an anterior and a posterior sternal plate (black) are seen. I, The sternum of the first opisthosomatic or genital somite covering the genital aperture and the first pair of lungsacs. In front of it the narrow waist is formed by the soft sternal area of the praegenital somite. 2, the sternite of the second opisthosomatic somite covering the posterior pair of lung-sacs; 3 and 4, the spinning appendages (limbs) of the opisthosoma; a, inner, b, outer ramus of the appendage; II, sternite of the eleventh somite of the opisthosoma: in front of it other rudimentary sternites; an, anus." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Liphistius Desultor

"Liphistus desultor, Ventral view with the prosomatic appendages cut short expecting the chelicerae…

"A genus of order Piperaceae. The Piper nigrum, which furnishes the black pepper of commerse, is a native of the East Indies, where it is cultivated on an extensive scale. It is a climbing plant, which broad, ovate, acuminate leaves, and little globular berries, which, when ripe, are of a bright-red color. The pepper of Malacca, Java, and especially of Sumatra, is the most esteemed. Its culture has been introduced into various other tropical countries. White pepper is the best and soundest of the berries, gathered when fully ripe, and deprived of their external skin." — Winston's Encyclopedia, 1919

Black Pepper

"A genus of order Piperaceae. The Piper nigrum, which furnishes the black pepper of commerse, is a native…

A shrub producing many black, bulbous fruits. Commonly used in desserts, jams, jellies, and wine.

Blackberry

A shrub producing many black, bulbous fruits. Commonly used in desserts, jams, jellies, and wine.

A black salamander with yellow spots on its back.

Spotted Salamander

A black salamander with yellow spots on its back.

"Diagram illustrating the muscles (drawn in thick black lines) which pass before and behind the joints and by their balanced activity keep the joints rigid and the body erect." —Martin, 1917

Muscle Diagram

"Diagram illustrating the muscles (drawn in thick black lines) which pass before and behind the joints…