A Dictionary of Birds, 1–2. osaA. and C. Black, 1896 - 1212 pages |
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... writers who have faintly appreciated the principles on which modern taxonomers rest the outline of their schemes . Both his work and that of Gesner were capp . xxiii . - lxxx . ) is a good deal about birds which is not altogether ...
... writers who have faintly appreciated the principles on which modern taxonomers rest the outline of their schemes . Both his work and that of Gesner were capp . xxiii . - lxxx . ) is a good deal about birds which is not altogether ...
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... writers is of much authority . In 1684 Sibbald in his Scotia illustrata published the earliest Fauna of Scotland . 4 To this was added a supplement by Petiver on the Birds of Madras , taken from pictures and information sent him by one ...
... writers is of much authority . In 1684 Sibbald in his Scotia illustrata published the earliest Fauna of Scotland . 4 To this was added a supplement by Petiver on the Birds of Madras , taken from pictures and information sent him by one ...
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... writers , several other authors were advancing the study of Ornithology in a very different way — a way that pleased the eye even more than his labours were pleasing the mind . Between 1731 and 1743 Mark Catesby brought out in London ...
... writers , several other authors were advancing the study of Ornithology in a very different way — a way that pleased the eye even more than his labours were pleasing the mind . Between 1731 and 1743 Mark Catesby brought out in London ...
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... writers can seldom rid themselves of the consciousness of their own personality , the absence of which is so charming in the author they more or less unconsciously mimic . 1 There were two issues - virtually two editions - of this with ...
... writers can seldom rid themselves of the consciousness of their own personality , the absence of which is so charming in the author they more or less unconsciously mimic . 1 There were two issues - virtually two editions - of this with ...
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... facts they state have been very little appreciated by many writers who profess to give an account of the progress of Natural History during the present century . former . Both kinds increase yearly , and the desponding INTRODUCTION 21.
... facts they state have been very little appreciated by many writers who profess to give an account of the progress of Natural History during the present century . former . Both kinds increase yearly , and the desponding INTRODUCTION 21.
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