A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... Africa , India , together with Australia and New Zealand . The more important Monographs , again , will usually be found cited in the series of special articles contained in this work , though , as will be immediately perceived , there ...
... Africa , India , together with Australia and New Zealand . The more important Monographs , again , will usually be found cited in the series of special articles contained in this work , though , as will be immediately perceived , there ...
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... Africa there is little to be added to the works mentioned ( pages 347 , 351 , 352 ) ; but in 1896 Capt . Shelley brought out a List of African Birds , which , it is hoped , may be the forerunner of a series of volumes on Ethiopian ...
... Africa there is little to be added to the works mentioned ( pages 347 , 351 , 352 ) ; but in 1896 Capt . Shelley brought out a List of African Birds , which , it is hoped , may be the forerunner of a series of volumes on Ethiopian ...
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... African Serpentariidæ ( SECRETARY - BIRD ) , though now represented only by a single species , 1 are fully allowed to ... Africa and Madagascar , from its general resemblance in plumage and outward form , might come into this group , but ...
... African Serpentariidæ ( SECRETARY - BIRD ) , though now represented only by a single species , 1 are fully allowed to ... Africa and Madagascar , from its general resemblance in plumage and outward form , might come into this group , but ...
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... Africa , and generally adopted by English residents ( Layard , B. S. Africa , pp . 5 , 6 ) . ABADAVINE or ABERDUVINE ( etymology and spelling doubtful ) , a name applied in 1735 by Albin ( Suppl . Nat . Hist . B. p . 71 ) to the SISKIN ...
... Africa , and generally adopted by English residents ( Layard , B. S. Africa , pp . 5 , 6 ) . ABADAVINE or ABERDUVINE ( etymology and spelling doubtful ) , a name applied in 1735 by Albin ( Suppl . Nat . Hist . B. p . 71 ) to the SISKIN ...
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... Africa . The proposal ( Ibis , 1886 , pp . 224-237 ) to unite the Avosets and Stilts in a single genus seems to have little to recommend it but its novelty , and will hardly meet with acceptance by systematists . AXILLA ( adj . axillary ) ...
... Africa . The proposal ( Ibis , 1886 , pp . 224-237 ) to unite the Avosets and Stilts in a single genus seems to have little to recommend it but its novelty , and will hardly meet with acceptance by systematists . AXILLA ( adj . axillary ) ...
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