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Title: Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell), 1844-1912 Schubert, Gotthilf Heinrich von, 1780-1860 Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916, former owner. DSI Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education
Subjects: Zoology Animals
Publisher: London Brighton : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New York : E. & J.B. Young and Co.
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ome to the surface every twoor three minutes to breathe. In the winter theyhibernate on land. They have a wonderful powerof reproducing their limbs, if lost by accident. Plate Vi. Fig. b The Great Water Newt(Triton cristatns) the largest species found in Britain,is five or si.x inches long. The skin is warty, andits colour is dark brown, spotted with black above,and orange with dark spots beneath. The sides aredotted with white. The male has a large jaggedcrest on the back in the breeding season. The va-rious stages of the development of the larva are re-presented at Fig. b. I to 5. The Axolotl (Sircdon piscifoniiis) the ty))e ofthe family A)iihlYsto)nidtr, is eight or ten inches long.The body is dark brown with black spots, and thetail has a greenish lustre and is marked with palei.pots. There are four toes on the front feet, andfive on the hind feet. It is found in the lakes ofMexico, and is frequently exhibited in our aquariums.The immature form with gills is by far the mostcommon.
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Axolotl (Siredon •pisciformis). Order 111 Ichthyoidea. (Sirens.) The vertebrae are concave at the sides as infishes. The head is flattened, and there are two orthree branching tufts of gills at the sides of the neck.The body is long and narrow and the legs are weak.The eyes are either entirely hidden, or very smalland without lids. The Sirens live in the water andarc found in both hemisi)heres. Plate VI. Fig. c. The Proteus (Frotais au_i;;i/-iiHs) is a queer eel-shaped creature with three promi-nent red tufts of gills on each side of the neck. Ithas four weak legs, the front feet having three toes,and the hind feet two. It is of a pale flesh-colourgradually passing into grey in the light. It is upwards of a foot in length. It inhabits the subterraneanwaters of Carniola, and does not require eyes, whichare only represented as small points under the skin.Both jaws are provided with slender teeth, but largeenough to seize its prey. Plate VI. fig. d. The Siren (Siren laccrtiiia)is an ug

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