A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... genera , the species of which are most elaborately described . The arrangement he subsequently adopted for them and for other groups is to be found in his Natürliches System der Amphibien ( pp . 77-128 ) , published in 1830 , and is too ...
... genera , the species of which are most elaborately described . The arrangement he subsequently adopted for them and for other groups is to be found in his Natürliches System der Amphibien ( pp . 77-128 ) , published in 1830 , and is too ...
Page 31
... Genera and Subgenera of Birds , a handy little volume , naturally founded on the larger works . Its chief drawback is that it does not give any more reference to the authority for a generic term than the name of its inventor and the ...
... Genera and Subgenera of Birds , a handy little volume , naturally founded on the larger works . Its chief drawback is that it does not give any more reference to the authority for a generic term than the name of its inventor and the ...
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... genera are , he tells us , for the most part those of Linnæus , as being the best - known , though not the best . To some of the Linnæan genera he The most novel feature , and one the importance of INTRODUCTION 47.
... genera are , he tells us , for the most part those of Linnæus , as being the best - known , though not the best . To some of the Linnæan genera he The most novel feature , and one the importance of INTRODUCTION 47.
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... genera Buceros , Upupa and Alcedo . The association of Alcedo with the other two is no doubt a misplacement , but the alliance of Buceros to Upupa , already suggested by Gould and Blyth in 18383 ( Mag . Nat . Hist . ser . 2 , ii . pp ...
... genera Buceros , Upupa and Alcedo . The association of Alcedo with the other two is no doubt a misplacement , but the alliance of Buceros to Upupa , already suggested by Gould and Blyth in 18383 ( Mag . Nat . Hist . ser . 2 , ii . pp ...
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... genera of Oscines in which the proportion that the outermost " primary " bears to the rest is at best but a specific character , and certain exceptions are allowed by Prof. Cabanis ( p . 313 ) to exist.2 Some of them it is now easy to ...
... genera of Oscines in which the proportion that the outermost " primary " bears to the rest is at best but a specific character , and certain exceptions are allowed by Prof. Cabanis ( p . 313 ) to exist.2 Some of them it is now easy to ...
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