A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... England for nearly twenty years , and presently to be mentioned , would most likely have been prevented.2 Hitherto mention has chiefly been made of works on General Orni- thology , but it will be understood that these were largely aided ...
... England for nearly twenty years , and presently to be mentioned , would most likely have been prevented.2 Hitherto mention has chiefly been made of works on General Orni- thology , but it will be understood that these were largely aided ...
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... England of the Quinary System , the volume of the " Naturalist's Library " on The Natural Arrangement and History of Flycatchers ( 1838 ) , an unhappy performance mentioned in the body of the present work ( p . 274 , note ) . This seems ...
... England of the Quinary System , the volume of the " Naturalist's Library " on The Natural Arrangement and History of Flycatchers ( 1838 ) , an unhappy performance mentioned in the body of the present work ( p . 274 , note ) . This seems ...
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... England Bird Life ( 2 vols . 8vo , 1881-83 ) , revised by Dr. Coues , and the several editions of his own Check List of North American Birds ( 1882 ) , and Key to North American Birds.2 Then there is the great North American Birds of ...
... England Bird Life ( 2 vols . 8vo , 1881-83 ) , revised by Dr. Coues , and the several editions of his own Check List of North American Birds ( 1882 ) , and Key to North American Birds.2 Then there is the great North American Birds of ...
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... England it may almost without exaggeration be said to have been nearly the only foreign ornithological work known ; but , as may well be expected , grave defects are now to be discovered in it . Some of them were already manifest when ...
... England it may almost without exaggeration be said to have been nearly the only foreign ornithological work known ; but , as may well be expected , grave defects are now to be discovered in it . Some of them were already manifest when ...
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... England a course of lectures on Birds , and it is much to be regretted that his many engagements hindered him from publishing in its entirety his elucidation of the anatomy of the Class , and the results which he drew from his ...
... England a course of lectures on Birds , and it is much to be regretted that his many engagements hindered him from publishing in its entirety his elucidation of the anatomy of the Class , and the results which he drew from his ...
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