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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Page 13
... Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 67 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 115 7 . Plate XVIII . Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds . 128 8 . Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate XX ...
... Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 67 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 115 7 . Plate XVIII . Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds . 128 8 . Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate XX ...
Page 15
... Cuba Jamaica of Honduras ston Mosquito Coast Blewfieldy Chiriqui G.of Panama L. agres Gof 10 10 20 30 40 Popas Guaria Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Eameraldas Cott ado Chatham Chimbor G. of Gayaqu Truxillo Essequibo 30 20 10 Obidos ...
... Cuba Jamaica of Honduras ston Mosquito Coast Blewfieldy Chiriqui G.of Panama L. agres Gof 10 10 20 30 40 Popas Guaria Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Eameraldas Cott ado Chatham Chimbor G. of Gayaqu Truxillo Essequibo 30 20 10 Obidos ...
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... Cuba . The Cerambycidæ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are characteristic of the sub - region ...
... Cuba . The Cerambycidæ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are characteristic of the sub - region ...
Page 61
... Cuba and Hayti ; 1 two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada ...
... Cuba and Hayti ; 1 two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada ...
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... Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the ...
... Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the ...
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