A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page xi
... egg of M. superba has been figured by Mr. North , Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds , pl . x . 536 , line 11 , for CURLEW or GODWIT read GODWIT or to Numenius hud- sonicus ( CURLEW ) . 536 , 16 , for Turnbull read Trumbull . دو 553 ...
... egg of M. superba has been figured by Mr. North , Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds , pl . x . 536 , line 11 , for CURLEW or GODWIT read GODWIT or to Numenius hud- sonicus ( CURLEW ) . 536 , 16 , for Turnbull read Trumbull . دو 553 ...
Page 42
... eggs , but it is rather a popular than a scientific work . The Contributions à la Faune ornithologique de l'Europe Occidentale of the late M. Olphe - Galliard , contained in 41 fascicules between 1884 and 1892 , is an important work ...
... eggs , but it is rather a popular than a scientific work . The Contributions à la Faune ornithologique de l'Europe Occidentale of the late M. Olphe - Galliard , contained in 41 fascicules between 1884 and 1892 , is an important work ...
Page 77
... eggs laid by Birds should offer to some extent characters of utility to systematists is only to be expected , when it is considered that those from the same nest generally bear an extraordinary family - likeness to one another , and ...
... eggs laid by Birds should offer to some extent characters of utility to systematists is only to be expected , when it is considered that those from the same nest generally bear an extraordinary family - likeness to one another , and ...
Page 78
... Eggs of British Birds ( at present confined to the Limicola ) , the figures of which are excellent , and Capt . Bendire's work mentioned above ( page 37 ) . 2 Neither Lamarck nor Robert Chambers ( the now acknowledged author of Vestiges ...
... Eggs of British Birds ( at present confined to the Limicola ) , the figures of which are excellent , and Capt . Bendire's work mentioned above ( page 37 ) . 2 Neither Lamarck nor Robert Chambers ( the now acknowledged author of Vestiges ...
Page 113
... eggs , 1 must be freely admitted . Young Sand - Grouse are not only " Dasypædes " but even " Præcoces or Nidifugæ at birth , while of course every one knows the helpless condition of " Pipers " —that is , Pigeons newly - hatched from ...
... eggs , 1 must be freely admitted . Young Sand - Grouse are not only " Dasypædes " but even " Præcoces or Nidifugæ at birth , while of course every one knows the helpless condition of " Pipers " —that is , Pigeons newly - hatched from ...
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