A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page ix
... India to England by 1673 ( Willughby , Orn . p . 194 , Engl . p . 266 ) . 99 14 , 99 99 99 11 , for cases read causes . 21 , 39 , for Hargita read Hargila . 30 , after BEEF - EATER insert Pennant , Gen. B. p . 9 ( 1773 ) . 34 , line 28 ...
... India to England by 1673 ( Willughby , Orn . p . 194 , Engl . p . 266 ) . 99 14 , 99 99 99 11 , for cases read causes . 21 , 39 , for Hargita read Hargila . 30 , after BEEF - EATER insert Pennant , Gen. B. p . 9 ( 1773 ) . 34 , line 28 ...
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... and information sent him by one Edward Buckley of Fort St. George , being the first attempt to catalogue the Birds of any part of the British possessions in India . its author's supervision in 1740 , 1748 , 1758 and INTRODUCTION 7.
... and information sent him by one Edward Buckley of Fort St. George , being the first attempt to catalogue the Birds of any part of the British possessions in India . its author's supervision in 1740 , 1748 , 1758 and INTRODUCTION 7.
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... India , together with Australia and New Zealand . The more important Monographs , again , will usually be found cited in the series of special articles contained in this work , though , as will be immediately perceived , there are some ...
... India , together with Australia and New Zealand . The more important Monographs , again , will usually be found cited in the series of special articles contained in this work , though , as will be immediately perceived , there are some ...
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... India many of the more important publications have been named in the body of this work ( pages 356 , 357 ) , but Blyth's Mammals and Birds of Burma ( 8vo , 1875 ) 2 should be especially noticed , as well as the fact that since the ...
... India many of the more important publications have been named in the body of this work ( pages 356 , 357 ) , but Blyth's Mammals and Birds of Burma ( 8vo , 1875 ) 2 should be especially noticed , as well as the fact that since the ...
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... India , the onerous duties imposed upon Blyth , together with the want of sufficient books of reference , seem to have hindered him from seriously continuing his former researches , which , interrupted as they were , and born out of due ...
... India , the onerous duties imposed upon Blyth , together with the want of sufficient books of reference , seem to have hindered him from seriously continuing his former researches , which , interrupted as they were , and born out of due ...
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