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Some diversions of a naturalist. [Quicksands & Fire Stones -- More as to the Barnacle & the Goose -- Sea Shells on the Seashore -- Sand Hoppers -- Swiss Interlude -- Science & Dancing -- Courtship -- Courtship in Animals and Man -- Courtship & Insti
by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929
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London : Methuen & Co., Ltd., 36 Essex Street W.G., 1925., 1925. Good. xii, 220 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. ; This volume is the first half of a new issue of the author's Diversions of a naturalist. ; LC: QH81; Dewey: 574.9 ; OCLC: 3906382 ; Contents : On a Norwegian Fiord -- Nature Reserves -- Far from the Madding Crowd -- The Great Grey Seal -- The Grouse and other Birds -- The Sand and Pebbles of the Seashore -- The Constituents of a Seabeach -- Quicksands and Fire Stones -- More as to the Barnacle and the Goose -- Sea Shells on the Seashore -- Sand Hoppers -- A Swiss Interlude -- Science and Dancing -- Courtship -- Courtship in Animals and Man -- Courtship and Display -- Courtship Instinct and Reason -- Index. ; a tear to spine, else G
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- Some diversions of a naturalist. [Quicksands & Fire Stones -- More as to the Barnacle & the Goose -- Sea Shells on the Seashore -- Sand Hoppers -- Swiss Interlude -- Science & Dancing -- Courtship -- Courtship in Animals and Man -- Courtship & Insti
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- Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929
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- London : Methuen & Co., Ltd., 36 Essex Street W.G., 1925.
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