A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... portion of his works on animals which has come down to us , one finds that , though more than 170 sorts of Birds are mentioned , yet what is said of them amounts on the whole to very little , and this consists more of desultory 1 For ...
... portion of his works on animals which has come down to us , one finds that , though more than 170 sorts of Birds are mentioned , yet what is said of them amounts on the whole to very little , and this consists more of desultory 1 For ...
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... portion of Pliny's work may be traced to his great predecessor , of whose information he freely and avowedly availed himself , while the additions thereto made cannot be said to be , on the whole , improvements . Neither of these ...
... portion of Pliny's work may be traced to his great predecessor , of whose information he freely and avowedly availed himself , while the additions thereto made cannot be said to be , on the whole , improvements . Neither of these ...
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... portion of his work , and has since proved to be not in accordance with facts . He proclaimed the variability of species in opposition to the views of Linnæus as to their fixity , and moreover supposed that this variability arose in ...
... portion of his work , and has since proved to be not in accordance with facts . He proclaimed the variability of species in opposition to the views of Linnæus as to their fixity , and moreover supposed that this variability arose in ...
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... portion of the Fauna of any particular country , or limited to certain groups of Birds - works to which of late years the name of Monograph " has become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous . But this seems to be the ...
... portion of the Fauna of any particular country , or limited to certain groups of Birds - works to which of late years the name of Monograph " has become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous . But this seems to be the ...
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... portion is illustrated by 299 coloured plates that , wretched as they are , have been continually reproduced in various text - books- fact possibly due to their subjects having been judiciously selected . It is a tradition that , this ...
... portion is illustrated by 299 coloured plates that , wretched as they are , have been continually reproduced in various text - books- fact possibly due to their subjects having been judiciously selected . It is a tradition that , this ...
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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