A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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Page 14
... Prof. Selenka in the introduction to that portion of Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs relating to Birds ( pp . 1-9 ) published in 1869 ; and Prof. Carus's Geschichte der Zoologie , published in 1872 , may also be usefully ...
... Prof. Selenka in the introduction to that portion of Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs relating to Birds ( pp . 1-9 ) published in 1869 ; and Prof. Carus's Geschichte der Zoologie , published in 1872 , may also be usefully ...
Page 35
... Prof. Hutton , Mr. Potts and others are to be found in the Trans- actions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Passing to Australia , we have the first good description of some of its Birds in the several old voyages and in ...
... Prof. Hutton , Mr. Potts and others are to be found in the Trans- actions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Passing to Australia , we have the first good description of some of its Birds in the several old voyages and in ...
Page 37
... Prof. Baird , Dr. Brewer and Mr. Ridgway ( 1874-84 ) , and the Manual of North American Birds ( 1887 ; ed . 2 , 1896 ) by the last of these authors ; beside Capt . Bendire's Life Histories of North American Birds ( 4to , Washington ...
... Prof. Baird , Dr. Brewer and Mr. Ridgway ( 1874-84 ) , and the Manual of North American Birds ( 1887 ; ed . 2 , 1896 ) by the last of these authors ; beside Capt . Bendire's Life Histories of North American Birds ( 4to , Washington ...
Page 39
... Prof. Kinberg , and Herr Holmgren's Skandinaviens Foglar ( 2 vols . 8vo , 1866- 75 ) deserve naming . Works on the Birds of Germany are far too numerous to be recounted . That of the two Naumanns , already mentioned , and yet again to ...
... Prof. Kinberg , and Herr Holmgren's Skandinaviens Foglar ( 2 vols . 8vo , 1866- 75 ) deserve naming . Works on the Birds of Germany are far too numerous to be recounted . That of the two Naumanns , already mentioned , and yet again to ...
Page 70
... Prof. Cabanis of Berlin contributed to the Archiv für Naturgeschichte ( xiii . 1 , pp . 186-256 , 308-352 ) an essay in two parts , wherein , following the researches of Müller1 on the syrinx , in the course of which a correlation had ...
... Prof. Cabanis of Berlin contributed to the Archiv für Naturgeschichte ( xiii . 1 , pp . 186-256 , 308-352 ) an essay in two parts , wherein , following the researches of Müller1 on the syrinx , in the course of which a correlation had ...
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