Qttestions for Answers 



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QUESTIONS FOR ANSWERS. 



Notice. — All who give satisfactory answers to the ques- 

 tions proposed in this column during the year's issue of the 

 Gazette, will have their names placed on our Free List for 

 one year. Answers should be sent not later than April 15th, 

 1907, to Mr. Swanton, The Museum, Hazlemere. 



(1) Give the Latin names for Head, Tongue, Foot, Hand 

 and Face. 



(2) Translate Vita bvevis, Avs longa and Vivesque acquivit eundo. 



(3) What do the words biped, quadruped and multiped 

 mean. 



(4) Give the Latin for Dog, Cat, Ox, Sheep and Fox. 



(5) From what bones of the skull do horns grow ? 



(6) Do horns grow from the same skull-bones which in 

 other animals produce their antlers ? 



(7) The eggs of the Tinamou, or Mexican Partridge, differ 

 from those of all other birds. In what does their peculiarity 

 consist ? 



(8) In what social custom do the little Tinamous resemble 

 the birds of the Ostrich family ? (See British Museum 

 collection). 



(9) When looking at the moon in a state of total eclipse, 

 what is it that you see ? 



(10) How did the moon originate ? 



(11) Is the moon always at the same distance from the 

 earth ? 



(12) What is the meaning of the words " molar," " canine " 

 and " incisor " as applied to teeth ? 



(13) A recent Biographer, in a readable and interesting 

 Life of the late Edward Fitzgerald, has mentioned incidentally 

 the following facts in natural history: (1) That Ravens croak 

 out of chimneys ; (2) That a clergyman had sown potatoes 

 in his churchyard ; (3) That a sportsman was accustomed to 

 shoot Grouse in his plantations. If you think these state- 

 ments inaccurate, specify the error in each. 



