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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 537

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PECULIAR DOUBLE- GLOVED FORM OF THE DRONE-FLY STONGUE, OR PROBOSCIS. 1036 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Sept. … GREATLY MAGNIFIED VIEW OF THE HAWK-MOTH STONGUE, OR PROBOSCIS, OR HAUSTELLUM. The nectar is drawn up by the alternateopening and closing of the sucking-stomach (or pharyngeal sac, as grown-up observerscall it) within the body. There is an interesting difference betweenthe action of the muscles in…

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