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- Hungarian Ox
- How the calf was fed
- House-builder Moth
Young in House, Winged Male, Young Suspended and Bag-like Female in Longitudinally-Split Cocoon. During the winter the curious weather-beaten bags of these worms may be observed hanging from the tree-branches, apparently without a trace of the odd-looking creatures that hung them there the autumn before. If a number of these bags are gathered and cut open at this time, many of them will be discovered to be empty, but the greater portion will be found partly full of yellow eggs. Those which do not contain eggs are male bags, and the empty chrysalis of the male will be found protruding from the lower extremity. Upon close examination these eggs will be observed to be obovate in form, soft and opaque, about one-twentieth of an inch in length, and surrounded by more or less fawn-colored silky down. If left to themselves, they hatch sometime in May, or early in June. - House Wren
House Wren Most Americans seem to have fallen in love with the House Wren. It could not be his beauty for he lacks the distinctive markings found on other birds, even other wrens. Even in good light you see only a small grayish-brown bird with lighter underparts. It is surely not his size for he is smaller than a sparrow. His song is a sort of spontaneous outburst of notes which give you more quantity than quality, with a liberal helping of scolding notes, so it is not his vocal efforts. He is not a good bird neighbor for he often punctures the eggs of other nesting birds in his area. It must be his independence that has won him favor. No other bird finds such an assortment of nesting boxes, all sizes, shapes and colors, some homemade, others purchased. Some he will use, while others offer no attraction. He may pass up a well-placed wren house to build in the pocket of an old coat hung in a shed. He likes boxes 8 to 10 feet above ground, not hidden by limbs. He prefers low shrubs, piles of brush or wood, or even open spots in heavy timber, for there he finds the insects and small spiders which form the major part of his food. Most of his hunting is either on or near the ground while nesting sites are seldom above 12 feet. He runs to large families and more than one brood is reared. - House spider
House spider ( Tegenaria domestica ): - a) Male (below, on an enlarged scale, eyes seen from the front). b) Female - House Sparrow
House Sparrow Whether you call him an English Sparrow or a House Sparrow, makes little difference. He is not a sparrow, nor can we blame the English for the vast population of these birds found within our borders. The fact that it is a weaver-finch would indicate that Africa was the original home of this species. This bird has been introduced into many countries and he soon adapts himself to any surroundings. The record shows that 8 pairs were introduced in Brooklyn in 1850 but did not survive. Two years later, more were imported and now they are at home over a wide range. Since we have referred to this bird for comparative size, it is well that we keep him in mind. His length runs from 5½ to 6¼ inches with a wingspread of 9½ to 10 inches. The male is rather colorful with his gray crown, chestnut nape, white cheeks, black throat and chest, brown back and gray-white belly. The thick finch-like bill, the slightly notched tail which they flick often, the habit of hopping when feeding on the ground—all help in identification. The young and winter males resemble the female which is a dull-brown above with gray-white below and a pale stripe over the eye. They consume quantities of insects but will eat almost anything available. - House mouse
House mouse - Horses running in snow
Horses running in snow - Horses in stall
Horses in stall - Horses Drinking
Horses Drinking - Horse with feedbag
Horse with feedbag - Horse staying by his owner
Horse staying by his owner - Horse legs
Horse legs - Horse in stall
Horse in stall - Horse in stall
Horse in stall - Horse Head
Horse Head - Horse family
Horse family - Horse drinking
Horse drinking - Horse cantering
Horse cantering - Horse and sheep show
Horse and sheep show - Horse and Foal
Horse and Foal - Horse and dogs ready for a ride
Horse and dogs ready for a ride - Horse and Dog
`Horse and Dog - Horse and cow
- Horse and chickens
Horse and chickens - Horse and cart with dog driver
Horse and cart with dog driver - Horse and buggy in a snowstorm
Horse and buggy in a snowstorm - Horse affection
Horse affection - horse
- Horse
Horse - Horse
Horse - Horse
Horse - Horns of Young Arnee
- Horned Viper
Horned Viper - Horned Lark
Horned Lark A sparrow-size bird with black tail, which flushes from the road while you travel along, is the Horned Lark. When you travel slower you will find that he walks when he moves around, never hopping like birds which prefer trees. Other marks to look for are a black crown, black line extending from the beak, curving back and down over the cheek and a black patch below the white or yellow throat. A white or yellow line, depending on the subspecies of the bird you see, separates the crown from the black facial pattern. The horns, from which the bird gets his name, consist of 2 tufts of feathers extending up from the crown, but sometimes are hard to see. Body color is brownish above with light belly. Horned Larks prefer short-grass country with barren hills or other open spots such as the sandy shoulders of highways. There you will find them walking or running in their search for small seeds or insects. When snow covers the ground they flock to the highways where graders and snowplows have removed the icy covering. - Horned Grebe, Winter Plumage
Other Names.—Dipper; Hell-Diver. Description.—Neck long; no tail-feathers; toes flat and broad, feet at rear of body; sexes similar. Adult in spring: Large, puffy head, black, with stripe and silken plumes behind eye buffy; plumage of back blackish edged with gray; secondaries white; neck, breast, and sides chestnut; belly silvery white; eyes bright pink, the pupil encircled with a white ring. Immature birds and adults in winter: Grayish black above, silvery white beneath, grayish on the throat, with white cheek-patches which nearly meet on nape. Length: 13½ inches. Range in Pennsylvania.—A migrant throughout the Commonwealth from March 20 to May 10 and from October 1 to November 30; occasional in winter when water is free of ice. - Horned Asp
The Adder is spoken of five times in the Bible, and the word is used as the translation of no less than four distinct Hebrew words. In Gen. 49:17 the Adder is spoken of as hiding in the way and biting the horse's heels so that the rider is overthrown. The Hebrew term in this passage (elsewhere rendered ' cockatrice ') is probably the same word as the modern Arabic name for the Horned Sand Snake or Cerastes haselquistii. It is the habit of this extremely venomous viper to lurk in the ruts of wheels or the depression of a footprint by the roadside, and to bite the legs of unwary passers-by, or of horses or cattle. Horses, aware of its nature, are said to be in terror of the Cerastes, and cannot be induced to proceed, once they have detected the concealed reptile, for its bite is most deadly. It derives its name of ' horned ' from the presence of two protuberances, one over each eye. It is of a grayish tint, about a foot long, and very active. The asp of Cleopatra, ' the pretty worm of Nilus,' has been identified with this animal, which is to be seen figured on ancient Egyptian monuments. [Adder Horned Asp ] - Horizontal Section through the Right Eye
The slight depression in the retina in the axis of the globe is the fovea centralis, or yellow spot; the optic nerve pierces the ball to its inner or nasal side. The lens, with its suspensory ligament, separates the aqueous from the vitreous humour. On the front of the lens rests the iris, covered on its posterior surface with black pigment. On either side of the lens is seen a ciliary process, with the circular fibres of the ciliary muscle cut transversely, and its radiating fibres disposed as a fan. - Holy Ibis
- Hollandsch Rund
Hollandsch Rund (Bos taurus hollandicus) - Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus - Highly Magnified Section through the Wall of a Circumvallate Papilla of the Tongue, showing Two Taste-Bulbs.
These sense-organs are groups of elongated epithelial cells, set vertically to the surface. Their cells are of two kinds—the one fusiform, slender, bearing each a bristle-like process which projects through a minute pore left between the superficial cells of the general epithelium; the other thicker and wedge-shaped. Nerve-fibres are connected with the fusiform cells. - Herring Gull, Breeding Plumage
Other Names.—Sea Gull; Gray Gull. Description.—Sexes similar. Adults in summer: White, with pearl-gray back and wings; tips of wings black with white spots; bill yellow with orange spot near tip of lower mandible; feet pale pink; eyes pale yellow. Adults in winter: Similar, with gray spots on head and neck. Immature birds: Dark gray-brown at a distance, with blackish bill and dark brown eyes; in the hand the upper-parts are found to be dark gray, considerably marked with buffy. The acquiring of fully adult plumage requires several moults. Birds which are not fully adult may have black-tipped, white tails. Young in their first flight plumage are darker than older individuals. Length: 24 inches. - Hermit Crab
- Herefordshire Cow
- Hereford Bull, 'Tredegar'
- Herd of cows
- hemlock cone
- Helmet basiliscus
Helmet basiliscus - Heart and chief blod vessels
Blood-Vascular System of the Horse 1. Heart, right ventricle. 2. Heart, left ventricle. 3. Heart, left auricle. 4. Pulmonary artery. 5. Pulmonary veins. 6. Anterior aorta. 7. Carotid artery. 8. Glosso-facial artery. 9. Left brachial artery. 10. Dorsal artery. 11. Superior cervical artery. 12. Vertebral artery. 12′.Internal thoracic artery. 13. Humeral artery. 14. Radial artery. 14′.Cubital artery. 15. Great metacarpal artery. 16. Ungual branches. 17. Posterior aorta. 18. Coeliac axis. 19. Mesenteric arteries. 20. Renal artery (left). 21. Small testicular artery. 22. Posterior vena cava. 23. Portal vein. 23´.Hepatic circulation. 24. External iliac artery. 25. Internal iliac artery. 26. Lateral sacral artery. 27. Femoral artery. 28. Posterior tibial artery. 28′. Anterior tibial artery. 28″. Femoro-popliteal artery. 29. Metatarsal vessels. 30. Venous plexus of the foot. 31. Internal saphenic vein. 32. Cephalic vein. 33. Jugular vein. - Heads of Quadrupeds
1. Rhinoceros. 10. Fallow deer. 2. Seal. 11. Chamois. 3. Cat. 12. Antelope. 4. Sable. 13. Goat. 5. Bear. 14. Sheep. 6. Badger. 15. Bison. 7. Camel. 16. Hog. 8. Elk. 17. Outline of the head of the Great Whale. 9. Stag, or red deer. - Heads of Mammiferous Animals
18. Manis. 25. Beaver. 19. Armadillo. 26. Hare. 20. Elephant. 27. Musk. 21. Spaniel. 28. Rein-deer. 22. Greyhound. 29. Ox. 23. Mastiff. 30. Horse. 24. Fox. - Heads of aye-aye, marmoset and East Indian Red Monkey
- Head of young male Bison
- Head of Royal Bengal Tiger
- Head of Orang-Utan
- Head of Musk Ox
- Head of Mus rattus
- Head of Mus decumanus
- Head of Manilla Buffalo—female