My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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Page 388
... island on which it is situated does not contain any paradise birds . Just as I was trying to arrange a trip to the larger island , a fleet of Magin- dano pirates made their appearance , committing great devastations , and putting the ...
... island on which it is situated does not contain any paradise birds . Just as I was trying to arrange a trip to the larger island , a fleet of Magin- dano pirates made their appearance , committing great devastations , and putting the ...
Page 391
... island , and also mentions several rare Psittaci as probably found there . I soon ascertained , however , from the universal testimony of the inhabi- tants , afterwards confirmed by my own observation , that none of these species exist ...
... island , and also mentions several rare Psittaci as probably found there . I soon ascertained , however , from the universal testimony of the inhabi- tants , afterwards confirmed by my own observation , that none of these species exist ...
Page 396
... island formed the most westerly outlier of the Moluccan group . My next paper of importance , read before the same society in the following November , was on the birds of the chain of islands extending from Lombok to the great island of ...
... island formed the most westerly outlier of the Moluccan group . My next paper of importance , read before the same society in the following November , was on the birds of the chain of islands extending from Lombok to the great island of ...
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A. R. Wallace acquaintance afterwards Amazon animals Aru Islands beautiful beetles birds of paradise boys Brecknockshire brother butterflies called character collections colour Darwin delight England English fact father feet forest garden gave George Silk give Greenell half heard Hertford Hoddesdon hundred insects interesting island journey kind land learnt letter lived London look Malacca Malay Archipelago miles Moluccas months mountain native Natural Selection nature nearly Neath never obtained origin of species paper parish perhaps plants portion Radnorshire remark remember Rio Negro river rock Sarawak seemed seen side Singapore Sir Charles sister sketch slope soon Sorong species surveying Ternate thought tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood