A Dictionary of Birds, 1. osaA. and C. Black, 1899 - 1212 pages |
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... occur in his work ; and , in like manner , without declaring it in so many words , he indicated unmistakably the existence of subgenera - all this being effected by the skilful use of names . 1 Several Birds from Jamaica were figured in ...
... occur in his work ; and , in like manner , without declaring it in so many words , he indicated unmistakably the existence of subgenera - all this being effected by the skilful use of names . 1 Several Birds from Jamaica were figured in ...
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... occur to any one who had made a study of a good series of specimens ; but many of them are published for the first time , and the author is careful to insist on the necessity of not resting solely on sternal characters , but associating ...
... occur to any one who had made a study of a good series of specimens ; but many of them are published for the first time , and the author is careful to insist on the necessity of not resting solely on sternal characters , but associating ...
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... occur chiefly as migrants , —not peculiar to the Neotropical Region . The Tracheophone are held to contain five Families - Furnariidæ ( OVEN - BIRD ) , Pteroptochida ( TAPACULO ) , Dendrocolaptide ( PICUCULE ) , Conopophagidae and ...
... occur chiefly as migrants , —not peculiar to the Neotropical Region . The Tracheophone are held to contain five Families - Furnariidæ ( OVEN - BIRD ) , Pteroptochida ( TAPACULO ) , Dendrocolaptide ( PICUCULE ) , Conopophagidae and ...
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... occur . In them the young are more or less spotted with a lighter shade , and these exceptional cases , if rightly understood , do but confirm the rule.3 1 Dr. Stejneger ( Stand . Nat . Hist . iv . p . 482 ) considers that Parker ...
... occur . In them the young are more or less spotted with a lighter shade , and these exceptional cases , if rightly understood , do but confirm the rule.3 1 Dr. Stejneger ( Stand . Nat . Hist . iv . p . 482 ) considers that Parker ...
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... occur ; whereas in the Crows the likeness between young and old is , so far as is known , common to almost every member of the Family . It is therefore confidently that the present writer asserts , as Prof. Parker , with far more right ...
... occur ; whereas in the Crows the likeness between young and old is , so far as is known , common to almost every member of the Family . It is therefore confidently that the present writer asserts , as Prof. Parker , with far more right ...
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