. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. J66 IN V£RI£BK.'>.T£S. The Grasshopper. This insect may be divided into three parts; the head, the corslet, and the belly. The head is long, pointing down to the earth. Every one is struck with the resemblance which it bears tu the head of a horse. Its mouth is covered by something similar to a buckler; this juts over it; is armed with teeth of a brown color and hooked at the points. The tongue is large, reddish, an
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. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. J66 IN V£RI£BK.'>.T£S. The Grasshopper. This insect may be divided into three parts; the head, the corslet, and the belly. The head is long, pointing down to the earth. Every one is struck with the resemblance which it bears tu the head of a horse. Its mouth is covered by something similar to a buckler; this juts over it; is armed with teeth of a brown color and hooked at the points. The tongue is large, reddish, and fixed to the upper jaw. The antennae are long and tapering to a point. The eyes are like two black spots, and very prominent; the corslet is elevated, narrow, and armed above and below by two serrated spines. The back is defended by a strong buckler. To this the legs are firmly bound. What is very singular, round these muscles are seen the vessels by which the animal breathes, as white as snow. It is provided with four wings. The hinder wings are much finer and more expansive than the foremost, and are chiefly employed in its flight through the air. A short time after the wings are brought to maturity, the grass- hopper fills the meadows with its notes. Like the music of birds, it is a call to courtship. The male only is vocal. It is toward the latter end of autumn the female deposit." her eggs, sometimes. 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 work.. Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.