A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... head of the Class Aves , and they require the establishment of a much larger number of " Orders " than for a long while had been thought advisable . Of such " Orders " Brisson had twenty - six , and he gave Pigeons and Poultry ...
... head of the Class Aves , and they require the establishment of a much larger number of " Orders " than for a long while had been thought advisable . Of such " Orders " Brisson had twenty - six , and he gave Pigeons and Poultry ...
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... head of all , and perhaps at the head of the " Faunal " works of all countries . For want of space it must here suffice simply to name some of the ornithologists who in this century have elaborated , to an extent elsewhere unknown , the ...
... head of all , and perhaps at the head of the " Faunal " works of all countries . For want of space it must here suffice simply to name some of the ornithologists who in this century have elaborated , to an extent elsewhere unknown , the ...
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... head of the whole Class , may be freely admitted , but the respective rank assigned to the various component Families of the group is certainly open to question , and to the present writer seems , in the methods of several systematists ...
... head of the whole Class , may be freely admitted , but the respective rank assigned to the various component Families of the group is certainly open to question , and to the present writer seems , in the methods of several systematists ...
Page 115
... head of the Oscines , they are among its lower members . There is no doubt whatever as to the intimate relation- ship of the Thrushes ( Turdida ) to the Chats ( Saxicolina ) , for that is admitted by nearly every systematizer . Now most ...
... head of the Oscines , they are among its lower members . There is no doubt whatever as to the intimate relation- ship of the Thrushes ( Turdida ) to the Chats ( Saxicolina ) , for that is admitted by nearly every systematizer . Now most ...
Page 118
... head , not only of its own great series ( birds of the Crow - form ) , but also as the unchallenged chief of the whole of the ' Carinatæ . " " 1 It is to be supposed that the opinion so strongly expressed in the passage last cited has ...
... head , not only of its own great series ( birds of the Crow - form ) , but also as the unchallenged chief of the whole of the ' Carinatæ . " " 1 It is to be supposed that the opinion so strongly expressed in the passage last cited has ...
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