A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page xii
... called is C. cristata ( cf. Salvadori , Cat . B. Brit . Mus . xxvii . pp . 4-7 ) . 2 , after the insert Mountain- or . 24 , after for insert Myzantha garrula , M. flavigula and ; for sanguinoleuta read sanguinolenta . 893 , note 2 . " 9 ...
... called is C. cristata ( cf. Salvadori , Cat . B. Brit . Mus . xxvii . pp . 4-7 ) . 2 , after the insert Mountain- or . 24 , after for insert Myzantha garrula , M. flavigula and ; for sanguinoleuta read sanguinolenta . 893 , note 2 . " 9 ...
Page 12
... called for in 1790 , the ornithological portion of which was begun by Bonnaterre , who , however , had only finished 320 pages of it when he lost his life in the French Revolution ; and the work thus arrested was continued by Vieillot ...
... called for in 1790 , the ornithological portion of which was begun by Bonnaterre , who , however , had only finished 320 pages of it when he lost his life in the French Revolution ; and the work thus arrested was continued by Vieillot ...
Page 72
... called an argument , is hardly one of analogy ; and yet no stronger ground has been occupied by those who invest the Thrushes , as do the majority of modern systematists , with the most dignified position in the whole Class . But ...
... called an argument , is hardly one of analogy ; and yet no stronger ground has been occupied by those who invest the Thrushes , as do the majority of modern systematists , with the most dignified position in the whole Class . But ...
Page 78
... called the True System of Nature ; but that was nearly the end of their agreement , for in what that True System consisted the opinions of scarcely any two would coincide , unless to own that it was some shadowy idea beyond the present ...
... called the True System of Nature ; but that was nearly the end of their agreement , for in what that True System consisted the opinions of scarcely any two would coincide , unless to own that it was some shadowy idea beyond the present ...
Page 91
... called " HOLORHINAL , " in which a straight line drawn transversely across the hindmost points of the external narial apertures passes in front of the posterior ends of the nasal processes of the præmaxillæ , and the other , called ...
... called " HOLORHINAL , " in which a straight line drawn transversely across the hindmost points of the external narial apertures passes in front of the posterior ends of the nasal processes of the præmaxillæ , and the other , called ...
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