Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 168
... prussian blue ; body brilliant prussian blue , with a bluish green stripe on each side ; tail white . Seen through a microscope , these animals appear to be a beautiful dark burnished blue , mottled with silver . The head is remarkably ...
... prussian blue ; body brilliant prussian blue , with a bluish green stripe on each side ; tail white . Seen through a microscope , these animals appear to be a beautiful dark burnished blue , mottled with silver . The head is remarkably ...
Page 174
... prussian blue colour , with silver - coloured spots on the back ; others were of a very delicate pink colour ; the tentaculæ of both of them were of a delicate prussian blue colour . We also caught a species of small Janthina , nearly ...
... prussian blue colour , with silver - coloured spots on the back ; others were of a very delicate pink colour ; the tentaculæ of both of them were of a delicate prussian blue colour . We also caught a species of small Janthina , nearly ...
Page 175
... prussian blue ; body of a silver colour in front , with a prussian blue colour behind ; under part of the body , near the tail , three consecu- tive striæ of a silver colour , separated from one another by a line of prussian blue . I ...
... prussian blue ; body of a silver colour in front , with a prussian blue colour behind ; under part of the body , near the tail , three consecu- tive striæ of a silver colour , separated from one another by a line of prussian blue . I ...
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