. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 350 ZOOLOGY swamps, others frequent dry country roads, sandy beaches, and the driest hilltops. Certain land-snails hve by preference in sandy places and even in deserts. The tiger-l^eetles and some flies are characteristic of dry situations. One or two species of sowbugs are capable of living away from mois- ture, although their ancestors so recently left the water. Cer-. FiG. .329. — Home of lizards (scene in the Nevada desert). They rest on the stones, dart like streaks of light across the desert floor an
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 350 ZOOLOGY swamps, others frequent dry country roads, sandy beaches, and the driest hilltops. Certain land-snails hve by preference in sandy places and even in deserts. The tiger-l^eetles and some flies are characteristic of dry situations. One or two species of sowbugs are capable of living away from mois- ture, although their ancestors so recently left the water. Cer-. FiG. .329. — Home of lizards (scene in the Nevada desert). They rest on the stones, dart like streaks of light across the desert floor and into the "bunch ; tain birds shun the marshy places which their aUies prefer. Field plovers and the Eskimo curlew belong to the water- fowl, but they live in the dry uplands. Animals that thus inhabit dry situations are there by preference because of their nature. They would find life in marshes not only distasteful, but probably incompatible with existence. The reptiles, which are on the whole best represented in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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