A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... latter from line 21 to line 20 after and , insert- ing also after those words . ,, 482 , line 4 , for hiaticula read hiaticola . 487 , 99 29 99 • 27 , for SYNDACTYLISM read Syndactylism , cf. SYNDACTYLI . 496 , note 2 ( in early copies ) ...
... latter from line 21 to line 20 after and , insert- ing also after those words . ,, 482 , line 4 , for hiaticula read hiaticola . 487 , 99 29 99 • 27 , for SYNDACTYLISM read Syndactylism , cf. SYNDACTYLI . 496 , note 2 ( in early copies ) ...
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... latter . Together they studied , together they travelled and together they collected . Willughby , the younger of the two , and at first the other's pupil , seems to have gradually become the master ; but dying before the promise of his ...
... latter . Together they studied , together they travelled and together they collected . Willughby , the younger of the two , and at first the other's pupil , seems to have gradually become the master ; but dying before the promise of his ...
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... latter work lies in its forty plates , whereon the heads and feet of many Birds are indifferently figured.2 But , while the successive editions of Linnæus's great work were revolutionizing Natural History , and his example of precision ...
... latter work lies in its forty plates , whereon the heads and feet of many Birds are indifferently figured.2 But , while the successive editions of Linnæus's great work were revolutionizing Natural History , and his example of precision ...
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... latter there were not a few who having turned their attention more or less to Ornithology should here be mentioned , and first among them Rzaczynski , who in 1721 brought out at Sandomirsk the Historia naturalis curiosa regni Poloniæ ...
... latter there were not a few who having turned their attention more or less to Ornithology should here be mentioned , and first among them Rzaczynski , who in 1721 brought out at Sandomirsk the Historia naturalis curiosa regni Poloniæ ...
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... latter generally enjoying a circulation far wider than the 1 The truth of the preceding remarks may be so obvious to most men who have acquaintance with the subject that their introduction here may seem unnecessary ; but it is certain ...
... latter generally enjoying a circulation far wider than the 1 The truth of the preceding remarks may be so obvious to most men who have acquaintance with the subject that their introduction here may seem unnecessary ; but it is certain ...
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