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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... Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the Philippine ...
... Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North America , and Europe ; Phaa is wholly Neo- tropical , except two species in the Philippine ...
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... eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of Sta . Cruz de la Sierra ( lat . 18 ° S. ) , a distance of about 1,900 miles . Within this area of continuous forests , are included some open " campos , " or ...
... eastern slopes of the Andes near La Paz in Bolivia and a little north of Sta . Cruz de la Sierra ( lat . 18 ° S. ) , a distance of about 1,900 miles . Within this area of continuous forests , are included some open " campos , " or ...
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... Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the Andean valleys . The same may be said of the jacamars ( Galbulidæ ) and puff - birds ( Bucconidæ ) ; but the humming - birds ...
... Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the Andean valleys . The same may be said of the jacamars ( Galbulidæ ) and puff - birds ( Bucconidæ ) ; but the humming - birds ...
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... eastern slopes of the Andes constitute , however , the richest and best marked province of this sub - region . At least 12 genera of tanagers ( Tanagridae ) are found here only , with an immense number of Fringillida , -the former ...
... eastern slopes of the Andes constitute , however , the richest and best marked province of this sub - region . At least 12 genera of tanagers ( Tanagridae ) are found here only , with an immense number of Fringillida , -the former ...
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... Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the Andean valleys . The same may be said of the jacamars ( Galbulidæ ) and puff - birds ( Bucconidae ) ; but the humming - birds ( Trochi ...
... Eastern South America , that is in Brazil , Guiana , and the surrounding lowlands rather than in the Andean valleys . The same may be said of the jacamars ( Galbulidæ ) and puff - birds ( Bucconidae ) ; but the humming - birds ( Trochi ...
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