A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... occur in his work ; and , in like manner , without declaring it in so many words , he indicated unmistakably the existence of subgenera - all this being effected by the skilful use of names . 1 Several Birds from Jamaica were figured in ...
... occur in his work ; and , in like manner , without declaring it in so many words , he indicated unmistakably the existence of subgenera - all this being effected by the skilful use of names . 1 Several Birds from Jamaica were figured in ...
Page 53
... occur . The most serious fault perhaps to be found is the intercalation of the Ducks ( No. 30 ) between the Pelicans and the Grebes but every systematist must recognize the difficulty there is in finding a place for the Ducks in any ...
... occur . The most serious fault perhaps to be found is the intercalation of the Ducks ( No. 30 ) between the Pelicans and the Grebes but every systematist must recognize the difficulty there is in finding a place for the Ducks in any ...
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... occur to any one who had made a study of a good series of specimens ; but many of them are published for the first time , and the author is careful to insist on the necessity of not resting solely on sternal characters , but associating ...
... occur to any one who had made a study of a good series of specimens ; but many of them are published for the first time , and the author is careful to insist on the necessity of not resting solely on sternal characters , but associating ...
Page 94
... occur chiefly as migrants , —not peculiar to the Neotropical Region . The Tracheophone are held to contain five Families — Furnariida ( OVEN - BIRD ) , Pteroptochida ( TAPACULO ) , Dendrocolaptidæ ( PICUCULE ) , Conopophagida and ...
... occur chiefly as migrants , —not peculiar to the Neotropical Region . The Tracheophone are held to contain five Families — Furnariida ( OVEN - BIRD ) , Pteroptochida ( TAPACULO ) , Dendrocolaptidæ ( PICUCULE ) , Conopophagida and ...
Page 97
... occurs , and the new series is opened by the Eleventh " Order , " Columbæ , with 3 Families , Carpophagidæ , Columbida and Gouridæ , 66 or perhaps a fourth , " Didunculidæ , 1 - the DoDos being " held to belong to quite a separate ...
... occurs , and the new series is opened by the Eleventh " Order , " Columbæ , with 3 Families , Carpophagidæ , Columbida and Gouridæ , 66 or perhaps a fourth , " Didunculidæ , 1 - the DoDos being " held to belong to quite a separate ...
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