A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... AMERICA Nova Scotia Bay of Biscar NORTH SPAIN 40 40 Azores UNITED STATES Gibraltar Str . Bermudas Madeira ATLANTIC OCEAN Capary Sahara 20 Jamal Bryti CARIBBEAN S .. C. Verd P CENTRAL Trinidad C. Verd stNE- GAMBIA VENEZA AMERICA Cayenne ...
... AMERICA Nova Scotia Bay of Biscar NORTH SPAIN 40 40 Azores UNITED STATES Gibraltar Str . Bermudas Madeira ATLANTIC OCEAN Capary Sahara 20 Jamal Bryti CARIBBEAN S .. C. Verd P CENTRAL Trinidad C. Verd stNE- GAMBIA VENEZA AMERICA Cayenne ...
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... America in London in 1771 , and the following year described in the Philosophical Transactions a few Birds from Hudson's Bay.2 A greater undertaking was Pennant's Arctic Zoology , published in 1785 , with a supplement in 1787. The scope ...
... America in London in 1771 , and the following year described in the Philosophical Transactions a few Birds from Hudson's Bay.2 A greater undertaking was Pennant's Arctic Zoology , published in 1785 , with a supplement in 1787. The scope ...
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... America , in four volumes , containing 435 plates , of which the first part appeared in London in 1827 and the last in 1838.1 It seems not to have been the author's original intention to publish any letterpress to this enormous work ...
... America , in four volumes , containing 435 plates , of which the first part appeared in London in 1827 and the last in 1838.1 It seems not to have been the author's original intention to publish any letterpress to this enormous work ...
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... America ( 4to , 1858 ) by Baird , with the co - operation of Cassin and Lawrence , which originally formed a volume ( ix . ) of what are known as the " Pacific Railroad Reports . " Apart from these special works the scientific journals ...
... America ( 4to , 1858 ) by Baird , with the co - operation of Cassin and Lawrence , which originally formed a volume ( ix . ) of what are known as the " Pacific Railroad Reports . " Apart from these special works the scientific journals ...
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... America , often performed in circumstances of discomfort and occasionally of danger , brought to this intrepid and energetic explorer the reward he had so fully earned . Brief notices of his spoils appeared from time to time in various ...
... America , often performed in circumstances of discomfort and occasionally of danger , brought to this intrepid and energetic explorer the reward he had so fully earned . Brief notices of his spoils appeared from time to time in various ...
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