A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page 16
... South Wales at the end of the last century , ought not to be overlooked by any Australian orni- thologist . The only information belonging to this period on the Orni- thology of South America is contained in the two works on Chili by ...
... South Wales at the end of the last century , ought not to be overlooked by any Australian orni- thologist . The only information belonging to this period on the Orni- thology of South America is contained in the two works on Chili by ...
Page 36
... South Wales , of the Royal Society of Victoria and of that of Tasmania.1 Papers by Mr. Devis on the ornithology of British New Guinea have appeared in the Annual Reports on that Dependency presented to the parliament of Queensland , and ...
... South Wales , of the Royal Society of Victoria and of that of Tasmania.1 Papers by Mr. Devis on the ornithology of British New Guinea have appeared in the Annual Reports on that Dependency presented to the parliament of Queensland , and ...
Page 108
... South - American fossils , most of which are now in the British Museum , more than justifies the view taken when I wrote the above . The results arrived at by Mr. Andrews and Dr. Gadow , as briefly announced by the latter ( Ibis , 1896 ...
... South - American fossils , most of which are now in the British Museum , more than justifies the view taken when I wrote the above . The results arrived at by Mr. Andrews and Dr. Gadow , as briefly announced by the latter ( Ibis , 1896 ...
Page 112
... South America ) and the Mesitidæ of Madagascar -for which an at least approximate place has been found by M. A. Milne - Edwards ( Ann . Sc . Nat . ser . 6 , vii . No. 6 ) . 3 Mesites , just mentioned , presents a case which may ...
... South America ) and the Mesitidæ of Madagascar -for which an at least approximate place has been found by M. A. Milne - Edwards ( Ann . Sc . Nat . ser . 6 , vii . No. 6 ) . 3 Mesites , just mentioned , presents a case which may ...
Page 114
... South Africa and Madagascar , from its general resemblance in plumage and outward form , might come into this group , but that idea has now been fully dispelled by M. A. Milne - Edwards in M. Grandidier's magnificent Oiseaux de ...
... South Africa and Madagascar , from its general resemblance in plumage and outward form , might come into this group , but that idea has now been fully dispelled by M. A. Milne - Edwards in M. Grandidier's magnificent Oiseaux de ...
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