A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... characters taken from the feet , limits himself to three groups - without assigning names to them those which have " hooked tallons , as Hawkes ; or round long clawes , as Hennes ; or else they be broad , flat , and whole - footed , as ...
... characters taken from the feet , limits himself to three groups - without assigning names to them those which have " hooked tallons , as Hawkes ; or round long clawes , as Hennes ; or else they be broad , flat , and whole - footed , as ...
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... characters , but , when one considers his much better acquaintance with Birds , such criticism must be allowed to be pardonable if not wholly just . This work was in French , with a parallel translation in Latin , which last ( edited ...
... characters , but , when one considers his much better acquaintance with Birds , such criticism must be allowed to be pardonable if not wholly just . This work was in French , with a parallel translation in Latin , which last ( edited ...
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... characters wherein one species differs from another . His opportunities of becoming acquainted with Birds were hardly inferior to Brisson's , for during Latham's long lifetime there poured in upon him countless new discoveries from all ...
... characters wherein one species differs from another . His opportunities of becoming acquainted with Birds were hardly inferior to Brisson's , for during Latham's long lifetime there poured in upon him countless new discoveries from all ...
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... characters , such as had been used by nearly all his predecessors ; and the Règne Animal of 1817 , when he was in his fullest vigour , afforded not the least evidence that he had ever dissected a couple even of Birds 1 with the object ...
... characters , such as had been used by nearly all his predecessors ; and the Règne Animal of 1817 , when he was in his fullest vigour , afforded not the least evidence that he had ever dissected a couple even of Birds 1 with the object ...
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... characters of the genera being admirably given , and good explanatory lists of the technical terms of Ornithology furnished . The classification was quite new , and made a step distinctly in advance of anything that had before appeared ...
... characters of the genera being admirably given , and good explanatory lists of the technical terms of Ornithology furnished . The classification was quite new , and made a step distinctly in advance of anything that had before appeared ...
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