A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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Page 41
... Europe ; while between 1876 and 1887 , his son , Dr. Alphonse Dubois , devoted to Birds four volumes of his Faune illustrée des Vertébrés de la Belgique ( gr . 8vo ) , a work remark- able for the introduction of small maps shewing the ...
... Europe ; while between 1876 and 1887 , his son , Dr. Alphonse Dubois , devoted to Birds four volumes of his Faune illustrée des Vertébrés de la Belgique ( gr . 8vo ) , a work remark- able for the introduction of small maps shewing the ...
Page 42
... European ornithologists have been all but unanimously grateful to Mr. Dresser for the way in which he brought this enormous ... Europe Occidentale of the late M. Olphe - Galliard , contained in 41 fascicules between 1884 and 1892 , is an ...
... European ornithologists have been all but unanimously grateful to Mr. Dresser for the way in which he brought this enormous ... Europe Occidentale of the late M. Olphe - Galliard , contained in 41 fascicules between 1884 and 1892 , is an ...
Page 42
... Europe , and is distinguishable by its smaller size and uniform greyish - brown prim- aries , which want the tawny ... European congener , but few American ornithologists , Mr. Torrey ( Auk , 1889 , pp . 1-8 ) excepted , seem to have ...
... Europe , and is distinguishable by its smaller size and uniform greyish - brown prim- aries , which want the tawny ... European congener , but few American ornithologists , Mr. Torrey ( Auk , 1889 , pp . 1-8 ) excepted , seem to have ...
Page 60
... Europe is inhabited by a larger form , P. major , which differs in nothing but size and more vivid tints from that which is common in the British Isles and Western Europe . A very distinct species , P. murina , remarkable for its dull ...
... Europe is inhabited by a larger form , P. major , which differs in nothing but size and more vivid tints from that which is common in the British Isles and Western Europe . A very distinct species , P. murina , remarkable for its dull ...
Page 65
... Europe , and once even in England . In the east of Siberia the place of O. tarda is taken by the nearly - allied ... European cousins , are remarkable for the ornamental plumage they assume at the breeding - season . Neither 5 BUSTARD 65 ...
... Europe , and once even in England . In the east of Siberia the place of O. tarda is taken by the nearly - allied ... European cousins , are remarkable for the ornamental plumage they assume at the breeding - season . Neither 5 BUSTARD 65 ...
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