A Naturalist in Hindustan - Couverture rigide

Hingston, R.W.G.

 
9789390729982: A Naturalist in Hindustan
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 939072998X ISBN 13 : 9789390729982
Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2021

Synopsis

This volume is a record of Natural History relating to animal life. It is a collection of varied observations and experience made during hours of occasional leisure by the author at a station in the Indian plains. They were gathered at intervals as opportunity offered, and have all been gleaned from one small patch of jungle in the secluded district of Fyzabad?(UP).

The observations relate to the ants, spiders and dung-rolling beetles.

The?book?contains?the?following?chapters:

- 1. The Manjha
- 2. The Indian Black Ant--General Habits
- 3. The Indian Black Ant--Special Habits
- 4. The Indian Black Ant--Directive Sense
- 5. The Evolution of Instinct
- 6. The Byre-Building Ants--Herding of Cattle
- 7. The Byre-Building Ants--General Habits
- 8. Architectural Spiders and their Cocoons
- 9. Experiments and Observations on Architectural Spiders
- 10. The Dome-Building Spider
- 11. The Operation of the Flail
- 12. The Dung-Burying Beetles
- 13. The Dung-Rolling Beetles--General Habits
- 14. The Dung-Rolling Beetles--Experiments
- 15.?The?South-West?Monsoon.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard William George Hingston, MC, FRGS was an Irish physician, explorer and naturalist who worked in India with the Indian Medical Service as a Major. He wrote several books based on his travels and natural?history?observations.

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Éditeur
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
939072998X
ISBN 13 
9789390729982
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
310
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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