A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... Proc . U. S. Nat . Mus . ii . p . 429 ) . For information as to different editions published prior to and including that of Bell , see Notes and Queries , ser . 5 , vii . pp . 241 , 264 , 296 , 338 , 471 , viii . p . 304 , and ix . p ...
... Proc . U. S. Nat . Mus . ii . p . 429 ) . For information as to different editions published prior to and including that of Bell , see Notes and Queries , ser . 5 , vii . pp . 241 , 264 , 296 , 338 , 471 , viii . p . 304 , and ix . p ...
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... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1869 , p . 37 ) seems to have been the first Zoologist to use this convenient way of expressing relationships by thus representing a transverse section of the diverging genetic lines or branches of a genealogical ...
... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1869 , p . 37 ) seems to have been the first Zoologist to use this convenient way of expressing relationships by thus representing a transverse section of the diverging genetic lines or branches of a genealogical ...
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... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1868 , p . 303 ) , they are completely intermediate between 1 Cariama is the oldest name for the genus , but being a word of " barbarous " origin it was set aside by Illiger and the purists in favour of Dicholophus ...
... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1868 , p . 303 ) , they are completely intermediate between 1 Cariama is the oldest name for the genus , but being a word of " barbarous " origin it was set aside by Illiger and the purists in favour of Dicholophus ...
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... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1876 , p . 507 ) for a group of birds practically the same as the OSCINES , POLY- MYODI or true PASSERES of various authors , ' an acromyodian bird , being one in which the muscles of the SYRINX are attached to the ...
... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1876 , p . 507 ) for a group of birds practically the same as the OSCINES , POLY- MYODI or true PASSERES of various authors , ' an acromyodian bird , being one in which the muscles of the SYRINX are attached to the ...
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... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1867 , pp . 450-456 , 467-472 ) , founded chiefly on palatal characters , containing two groups , the CYPSELOMORPHÆ and CORACOMORPHÆ , and possibly a third , the CELEOMORPHÆ ( or Gecinomorpha ) . the true ...
... ( Proc . Zool . Soc . 1867 , pp . 450-456 , 467-472 ) , founded chiefly on palatal characters , containing two groups , the CYPSELOMORPHÆ and CORACOMORPHÆ , and possibly a third , the CELEOMORPHÆ ( or Gecinomorpha ) . the true ...
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