The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 67 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 115 7 . Plate XVIII . Scene ...
... Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4 . Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 13 5 . Plate XVII . A Scene in Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 67 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 115 7 . Plate XVIII . Scene ...
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... Amazon Par I. Maranhao Ceara Nauta Fur Negro Cocry A R. Parus Manaos Madeira Serpa Matto Cho LIMA Pised Villa Belle Tropic of Capricorn SFelix Ambrose Tenman P Juan Fernandez Masa tera Concepcion EXPLANATION Terrestrial Contours From ...
... Amazon Par I. Maranhao Ceara Nauta Fur Negro Cocry A R. Parus Manaos Madeira Serpa Matto Cho LIMA Pised Villa Belle Tropic of Capricorn SFelix Ambrose Tenman P Juan Fernandez Masa tera Concepcion EXPLANATION Terrestrial Contours From ...
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... its condensation gives rise to innumerable streams , which cut deep ravines and carry down such an amount of sediment , that they have formed the vast plains of the Amazon , of Para- guay , and of the Orinooko out of what were B 2.
... its condensation gives rise to innumerable streams , which cut deep ravines and carry down such an amount of sediment , that they have formed the vast plains of the Amazon , of Para- guay , and of the Orinooko out of what were B 2.
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... Amazon to above the snow - line on the Andes ; which abounds both in genera , species , and individuals , and is yet strictly confined to this continent alone ! How vast must have been the time required to develop those beautiful and ...
... Amazon to above the snow - line on the Andes ; which abounds both in genera , species , and individuals , and is yet strictly confined to this continent alone ! How vast must have been the time required to develop those beautiful and ...
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... Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the largest species of true marine turtles ( Cheloniida ) , and are equally good for food . Amphibia . - The Neotropical region possesses representatives of sixteen families ...
... Amazon river - turtles of the genus Podocnemys rival in size the largest species of true marine turtles ( Cheloniida ) , and are equally good for food . Amphibia . - The Neotropical region possesses representatives of sixteen families ...
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