. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. AIUTK&qu
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. AIUTK" LAND tilADlU'I'KDS AND UIKDS. A'A treeless thai lie »\vs V'''"" ilhev liy Ic lU'plli iiuves, as chod by istuceaus le snowy niolestt'il , pcculiiU' lliey ail" roots, till' loy do i>ot .y fiml lie- ns they i»- llie voles, lu foot-sole I their fore rof jeld, and labits small of a tawny le lennnin;,' LU, to whom â¢ced several |ultiply very the distriet [ice very sel- Dovrefjeld jiries on the events, it is ,ies, as their Ithe northern ceding them ostroy them ir numbers, a by all the L the ermine |c of unusual snsc plmnage ;ly frequents ;hc buzzards ng with lem- |a sticlc, and, fur want of better patne, fjoes out lerntuing-hunting, and rejoices wlien lie can kill a siitlieient number for his dinner. Several l»irds, sueli as llie sn(»wy owl and the ptarmigan {Lufjopits (il/nts), wliich can easily proeurc its food under the snow, winter in the highest lati- tudes; but by far the greater mnnber are merely summer visitants of tlie Are- tic regions. After the little bunting, the first arrivals in spring are the snow- geese, who likewise are the first to leave the dreary regions of the north on their southerly migration. The connuoii and king eider-duck, the Urent geese,. 4\ Tllli SNOWY owl,. the great northern black and nnl throated divers, are the next to make their apiiearance, followed by the pintail and longtail ducks {Aiuis cmtddcuta and t/l<(
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