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A History of the County of Somerset
… to inquisitive naturalists. The number of species in our books is reduced, and how many more will be found only … rather puzzle them to see their prey in some parts of our channel, and diving in that thick muddy water must be … have already noticed we hardly expect them to breed upon our coasts. It is however from autumn to spring that the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which it possesses a rich and varied flora, and justifies our expectation of finding an equally rich and varied insect … has been consumed. Many beetles are very injurious to our crops and trees, while some are beneficial, in that they … F.) in its beetle state attacks the leaves of most of our common deciduous trees, doing at times considerable harm …
A History of the County of Somerset
… likely that further search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of … or chelipeds of the lobster and crayfish give them in our eyes an appearance very different from that of prawns and … mind that in other regions there are shrimps as large as our crayfishes and prawns as large as our lobsters, and some …