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For, though so different in outward appearance, birds and reptiles are structurally quite closely allied, and the creeping snake and the bird on which it preys are relatives, although any intimate relationship between them is of the serpent's making, and is strongly objected to by the bird.

Frederic Augustus Lucas

Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few absolute blanks and some remarkably large prizes, and every collector hopes that it may fall to his lot to win one of these, and is willing to work long and arduously for the chance of obtaining it.

Frederic Augustus Lucas

Frederic Augustus Lucas

Frederic Augustus Lucas

Born: March 25, 1852

Died: February 9, 1929 (aged 76)

Bio: Frederic Augustus Lucas, Sc.D. was an American museum director.

Known for:

Animals of the past (1901)
A New Plesiosaur, (1903)
A Skeleton of Hesperornis, (1903)

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