A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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Page xii
... probably erroneous ( see Auk , 1896 , pp . 148-150 ; Bull . Am . Mus . N. H. viii . pp . 1-44 ) . 734 , line 18 of notes , for Eurinorhynchus read Eurynorhynchus . 743 , 28 , for 173 , 177 read 272 , 277 . 99 • 99 744 , 99 99 99 99 29 ...
... probably erroneous ( see Auk , 1896 , pp . 148-150 ; Bull . Am . Mus . N. H. viii . pp . 1-44 ) . 734 , line 18 of notes , for Eurinorhynchus read Eurynorhynchus . 743 , 28 , for 173 , 177 read 272 , 277 . 99 • 99 744 , 99 99 99 99 29 ...
Page 12
... probably very im- perfectly prepared . 2 A German translation by Bechstein subsequently appeared . 3 He also prepared for publication a second edition of his Index Ornithologicus , which was never printed , and the manuscript is now in ...
... probably very im- perfectly prepared . 2 A German translation by Bechstein subsequently appeared . 3 He also prepared for publication a second edition of his Index Ornithologicus , which was never printed , and the manuscript is now in ...
Page 40
... explanation ( cf. Sherborn , Ann . & Mag . Nat . Hist . ser . 6 , xiv . p . 154 ) , which has not and probably never will be given . classical work , though the Planches coloriées des Oiseaux de 40 DICTIONARY OF BIRDS.
... explanation ( cf. Sherborn , Ann . & Mag . Nat . Hist . ser . 6 , xiv . p . 154 ) , which has not and probably never will be given . classical work , though the Planches coloriées des Oiseaux de 40 DICTIONARY OF BIRDS.
Page 46
... probably no one then living would have thought it possible that they should ever be brought in correlation with those of Nitzsch — are con- tained in a memoir on Fishes contributed to the tenth volume of the Annales du Muséum d'histoire ...
... probably no one then living would have thought it possible that they should ever be brought in correlation with those of Nitzsch — are con- tained in a memoir on Fishes contributed to the tenth volume of the Annales du Muséum d'histoire ...
Page 49
... probably have been admitted in his lifetime . As it was his scheme apparently fell flat , and not until many years had elapsed were its merits at all generally recognized . Notice has next to be taken of a Memoir on the Employment of ...
... probably have been admitted in his lifetime . As it was his scheme apparently fell flat , and not until many years had elapsed were its merits at all generally recognized . Notice has next to be taken of a Memoir on the Employment of ...
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