By Robert Macfarlane
From the acclaimed writer of "The Wild Places," an exploration of strolling and pondering
In this exquisitely written publication, Robert Macfarlane units off from his Cambridge, England, domestic to stick with the traditional tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross either the British panorama and its waters and territories past. the result's an immersive, captivating exploration of the ghosts and voices that hang-out previous paths, of the tales our tracks maintain and inform, and of pilgrimage and formality.
Told in Macfarlane's detailed voice, "The outdated Ways" folds jointly usual historical past, cartography, geology, archaeology and literature. His walks take him from the chalk downs of britain to the poultry islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. alongside the best way he crosses paths with walkers of many kinds--wanderers, pilgrims, courses, and artists. principally it is a booklet approximately strolling as a trip inward and the sophisticated methods we're formed by means of the landscapes wherein we flow. Macfarlane discovers that paths provide not only a method of traversing house, yet of feeling, realizing, and pondering.
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Ditmarsi) Giant (P. asio) Bull (P. taurus) Short-tail (P. braconnieri) Sand lizard relatives In the Past Today H Y P O T H E S I Z E D R E L AT I O N S H I P S O F L I V I N G S P E C I E S 19 Flow Diagram for Identification Start at left and follow lines/arrows to right while tracking diverging character choices. No fringe scales Single row of fringe scales Tail length normal No horn notch Notch between short horns Tail very short Double row of fringe scales 20 F L O W D I A G R A M F O R I D E N T I F I C AT I O N Identifying Characteristics Horned Lizard Species Always check Map of Distribution to see possible species occurring in area *Found only in Mexico See photographs, pp.
In this species the two median horns are particularly long and sharp. The chin spines along the lower jaw are also long and narrow. , CANADA, AND MEXICO Plate 15. Flat-tail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii). Plate 16. Flat-tail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) habitat in Algodones Dunes, Imperial County, California. , CANADA, AND MEXICO 41 Flat-tail Horned Lizard Range Flat-tail Horned Lizard has a double row of fringe scales along each side of the body; scales in the lower row are smaller. This is the only species with a dark vertebral line down the middle of its back.
5 inches in snout-to-vent length. , CANADA, AND MEXICO central horns, the bases of which are all in contact. These horns grade uniformly into adjacent temporal horns, forming a complete crown and giving the species a regal appearance. The horns are rather flattened and are broader than they are thick. A single row of large fringe scales extends along each side of the body. On the upper surface, numerous large, erect Plate 21. Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare). scales give this horned lizard a particularly spiny appearance.