A bird of song, belonging to the thrush family. The plumage of both sexes is alike, being reddishbrown…
A genus of birds found widely distributed in Eurasia, which somewhat resemble the starlings and woodpeckers.…
The milky juice obtained fom the unripe capsules of several species of the poppy, which is rendered…
A wading bird closely allied to the plover. it is easily known from its red feet and bill, the latter…
A genus of animals allied to the swine, and found extensively in South America and the southern parts…
A genus of plants with opposite leaves and beautiful flowers. There are many different species, mostly…
A ruminany quadruped native to the Rocky Mountains, ranging from Idaho to the Arctic Circle. it is a…
An evergreen shrub of the mint family, which is native to southern Europe and western Asia. It is from…
A genus of birds of the finch family, which are widely distributed in the United States and Europe.…
An ornamental bulbous plant, native to tropical America and Asia, and cultivated in gardens for its…
Medium-sized mammals with black-and-white-fur belonging to the family Mephitidae and the order Carnivora.
An exceptionally big lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans.
This illustration shows some common examples of Pinales: 5, Thuja or arbor vitae. 6, Strobilus, of Chamaecyparis…
The blue perch. Up to 12 inches in length and having about 18 dorsal spines, conical teeth in several…
A small genus of plants. They are small trees or shrubs with compound leaves and dense racemes of small…
This illustration shows a radical leaf of the White Lily, with its base thickened into a bulb-scale,…
They have circular nostrils with a central tubercle; the plumage of the adult is black with a white…
A large African monkey. So called from a fancied resemblance of its white coronet to the silver bow…
A plant with a rosette of root leaves, from which rises a naked scape bearing a corymb of rather large…
A bird around 16 inches in length with a 7 inch tail. The head is bald and a bright yellow color. The…
A bird with its plumage gray, with black and white wings and tail. Feeds on mostly pine nuts.
Small white or yellowish butterfly whose fore wings are rounded at the tip and marked with black.
"a, axis cylinder; b, inner border of white substance; c, c, outer border of same; d, d, tubular membrane;…
"The name of several classes of fungi. The best known is the common mushroom. It has a fleshy head,…
"Vase of Henry II ware. Henry II ware was precious, consisting of glazed white ornamental pieces." —…
A small ring necked plover of North America. It is of a pale gray color above and white below, with…
"The family Morphidae contains the largest and most splendid of the South American butterflies. Their…
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…
"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." —…
"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…
"One of the first-prize set of the British Chess Association Tourney, 1862, and also adjudged the best…