A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... consists more of desultory 1 For instances of this among Greeks and Romans almost any work on " Classical Antiquities " may be consulted , while as regards the superstitions of barbarous nations the authorities are far too numerous to ...
... consists more of desultory 1 For instances of this among Greeks and Romans almost any work on " Classical Antiquities " may be consulted , while as regards the superstitions of barbarous nations the authorities are far too numerous to ...
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... consists of types which represent those of each of the four other groups , together with a type peculiar to itself . " " As subsequently modified by Swainson ( tom . cit . pp . 224 , 225 ) , the foregoing propositions take the following ...
... consists of types which represent those of each of the four other groups , together with a type peculiar to itself . " " As subsequently modified by Swainson ( tom . cit . pp . 224 , 225 ) , the foregoing propositions take the following ...
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... consists of four volumes pub- 1 This is of course no complete list of German ornithologists . Some of the most eminent of them have written scarcely a line on the Birds of their own country , as Cabanis ( editor from 1853 to 1893 of the ...
... consists of four volumes pub- 1 This is of course no complete list of German ornithologists . Some of the most eminent of them have written scarcely a line on the Birds of their own country , as Cabanis ( editor from 1853 to 1893 of the ...
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... consists only of the Columbæ , Series 6 , Captatores , includes Crypturi , Rasores ( all Gallina and Opisthocomus ) , and Rap- tatores - containing Vulturida ( Sarcorhamphinæ , Vulturinæ and Gypastina ) , Fal- conide and Strigidæ . This ...
... consists only of the Columbæ , Series 6 , Captatores , includes Crypturi , Rasores ( all Gallina and Opisthocomus ) , and Rap- tatores - containing Vulturida ( Sarcorhamphinæ , Vulturinæ and Gypastina ) , Fal- conide and Strigidæ . This ...
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... consists of Birds agreeing in the main , though not absolutely , as to the structure of the syrinx with that of the former , yet differing so considerably in their osteology as to be most justifiably separated . At that time only two ...
... consists of Birds agreeing in the main , though not absolutely , as to the structure of the syrinx with that of the former , yet differing so considerably in their osteology as to be most justifiably separated . At that time only two ...
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