A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page xi
... Island ) , 99 A. haasti . 513 , 2. The derivation of Liverpool is now said to be from the A.-S. læfer , a rush or flag ( cf ... Islands , as asserted . See Nature , li . p . 367 . Page , 692 , note 1 , for Tita read NOTANDA ET CORRIGENDA xi.
... Island ) , 99 A. haasti . 513 , 2. The derivation of Liverpool is now said to be from the A.-S. læfer , a rush or flag ( cf ... Islands , as asserted . See Nature , li . p . 367 . Page , 692 , note 1 , for Tita read NOTANDA ET CORRIGENDA xi.
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... islands of the Pacific Ocean . 1 See Prof. Mivart's address to the Section of Biology , Rep . Brit . Association ( Sheffield Meeting ) , 1879 , p . 356 . The British Museum had been formed , and he had INTRODUCTION II.
... islands of the Pacific Ocean . 1 See Prof. Mivart's address to the Section of Biology , Rep . Brit . Association ( Sheffield Meeting ) , 1879 , p . 356 . The British Museum had been formed , and he had INTRODUCTION II.
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... island is contained in the Handbook of Jamaica for 1881 ( pp . 103-117 ) ; while in 1885 Mr. Cory , 1 who in 1880 had brought out , at Boston ( ed . 2 , 1890 ) , a work on the Birds of the Bahama Islands ( not strictly Antillean ) ...
... island is contained in the Handbook of Jamaica for 1881 ( pp . 103-117 ) ; while in 1885 Mr. Cory , 1 who in 1880 had brought out , at Boston ( ed . 2 , 1890 ) , a work on the Birds of the Bahama Islands ( not strictly Antillean ) ...
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... Islands during 1881 to 1887 , by the late Mr. Booth ( whose " Museum " is one of the popular sights of Brighton ) , and contain a great number of personal observations , though few of any novelty or value , while as a record of butchery ...
... Islands during 1881 to 1887 , by the late Mr. Booth ( whose " Museum " is one of the popular sights of Brighton ) , and contain a great number of personal observations , though few of any novelty or value , while as a record of butchery ...
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... islands mostly small and remote , where disastrous havoc can be , and continually is , wrought by a boat's crew in a few hours . In the North - Pacific Ocean are found two other large species of Albatros , regarded for a long time by ...
... islands mostly small and remote , where disastrous havoc can be , and continually is , wrought by a boat's crew in a few hours . In the North - Pacific Ocean are found two other large species of Albatros , regarded for a long time by ...
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