A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... greater attention than any other group of animals with which in number or in importance they can be compared , there has grown up concerning them a literature of corre- sponding magnitude and of the widest range , extending from the ...
... greater attention than any other group of animals with which in number or in importance they can be compared , there has grown up concerning them a literature of corre- sponding magnitude and of the widest range , extending from the ...
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... greater amount of original matter ; and his personal observations made in many countries , from England to Egypt , enabled him to avoid most of the puerilities which disfigure other works of his own or of a preceding age . Beside this ...
... greater amount of original matter ; and his personal observations made in many countries , from England to Egypt , enabled him to avoid most of the puerilities which disfigure other works of his own or of a preceding age . Beside this ...
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... greater length.1 Eleazar Albin between 1738 and 1740 produced a Natural History of Birds in three volumes of more modest dimensions , seeing that it is in quarto ; but he seems to have been ignorant of Ornithology , and his coloured ...
... greater length.1 Eleazar Albin between 1738 and 1740 produced a Natural History of Birds in three volumes of more modest dimensions , seeing that it is in quarto ; but he seems to have been ignorant of Ornithology , and his coloured ...
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... greater undertaking was Pennant's Arctic Zoology , published in 1785 , with a supplement in 1787. The scope of this work was originally intended to be limited to North America , but circumstances induced him to include all the species ...
... greater undertaking was Pennant's Arctic Zoology , published in 1785 , with a supplement in 1787. The scope of this work was originally intended to be limited to North America , but circumstances induced him to include all the species ...
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... greater number of editions than any other work on Natural History in the whole world , and has become emphatically an English classic - the graceful simplicity of its style , the elevating tone of its spirit and the sympathetic chords ...
... greater number of editions than any other work on Natural History in the whole world , and has become emphatically an English classic - the graceful simplicity of its style , the elevating tone of its spirit and the sympathetic chords ...
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Accipitres affinity Africa allantois allied animals appearance Australia authors belonging bill Birds-of-Prey bones breed British cæca called characters chiefly classification coast colour common commonly Coraciida Corvida Cotingida Cuckow Cuculida described distinct doubt eggs embryo England English Europe examples exist Family Fauna feathers flight former genera genus given groups of Birds habits Hist Ibis India inhabits Islands Journ known Larida latter less Limicolæ Linnæus Madagascar male membrane mentioned muscles Museum natural naturalists Nearctic nearly Neotropical nest North America northern observed Oiseaux original ornithologists Palearctic Passeres Passerine peculiar perhaps plumage portion possess present Proc Prof published Ratitæ Ratite Red Grouse regarded Region remarkable remiges resemblance seems shew shewn South species specimens sternum structure Subregion Swainson systematists tail Temminck tion TITMOUSE Trans vertebral whole wholly wings writers young Zool Zoological zoologists