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" It is a large, brown, long-legged, weakly-formed and loosely-crested bird, having such anomalies of structure that it is impossible to class it along with any other family. It is one of those survivors, which tell us of extinct groups, of whose past existence... "
The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of ... - Page 329
by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1876 - 503 lehte
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The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the ..., 2. köide

Alfred Russel Wallace - 1876 - 704 lehte
...FAMILY 93.— OPISTHOCOMIDJE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. The Hoazin (Opisthocomus cristatus) is the sole representative of this family...otherwise, perhaps, remain for ever ignorant. Order VII.—ACCIPITRE8. FAMILY 94.— VULTURID^E. (10 Genera, 25^Species.) GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 1.2.3.4...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köide

1892 - 940 lehte
...region, and constituting the family Opisthocomido? and order Opisthocomi. Wallace remarks that it has 'such anomalies of structure that it is impossible...with any other family. It is one of those survivors Tonraco (Opitthocomut crittatut). which tell us of extinct groups, of whose past existence we should...
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As aves do Brasil, 1. köide

Emílio Augusto Goeldi - 1894 - 750 lehte
...desenho de salpicos cor de chocol ite. Wallace formula o seguinte juizo em relação a» Opisthocomus: "It is one of those survivors, which tell us of extinct groups, of whose past existente we should otherwise, perhaps, remain forever ignorant." CONJUNCTO DOS GRALLATORES 445 IX...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 10. köide

1896 - 864 lehte
...region, and constituting the family Opisthocomidsp and order Opistliocomi. Wallace remarks that it has 'such anomalies of structure that it is impossible...with any other family. It is one of those survivors Tooraoo (O/iistlwcnmtis crittatut). which tell us of extinct groups, of whose past existence we should...
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Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 23. köide

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society - 1902 - 406 lehte
...Family and the Order. The anomalies of its structure are such that it is impossible to attach it to any other Family. It is one of those survivors which tell us of estinct groups, of whose past existence we should otherwise, perhaps, remain for ever ignorant. In...
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