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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 17
... Pal¿arctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera has a species in Chili ; Polycesta has a species in Madagascar , two in the ...
... Pal¿arctic ; Cinyra has a species in North America and one in Australia ; Curis is divided between Chili and Australia ; the Australian genus Stigmodera has a species in Chili ; Polycesta has a species in Madagascar , two in the ...
Page 18
... Pal¿arctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North ...
... Pal¿arctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere , but has two species in S. America ; Acan- thocinus has one species in Tasmania , and the rest in South America , North ...
Page 41
... Pal¿arctic , but a larger proportion are Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranid¿ , five of which extend CHAP . XIV ...
... Pal¿arctic , but a larger proportion are Neotropical , and one genus inhabits New Zealand . The Chilian genus Calyptocephalus is allied to Australian tropical genera . The Neotropical genera of Ranid¿ , five of which extend CHAP . XIV ...
Page 96
... Palaearctic Nearctic , Palearctic N.-W. America N. America N. America New Mexico Nearctic genus Gila and Colorado ( Certhia ... 1 Mexico and Guatemala ) North temperate genus SITTIDE . ( Sitta 2 Mexico ) North temperate genus PARIDE ...
... Palaearctic Nearctic , Palearctic N.-W. America N. America N. America New Mexico Nearctic genus Gila and Colorado ( Certhia ... 1 Mexico and Guatemala ) North temperate genus SITTIDE . ( Sitta 2 Mexico ) North temperate genus PARIDE ...
Page 115
... Pal¿arctic or the Australian regions , with which alone it can fairly be compared . The wonder rather is that it should be so little inferior to them in this respect , and that it should possess such a variety of groups , and such a ...
... Pal¿arctic or the Australian regions , with which alone it can fairly be compared . The wonder rather is that it should be so little inferior to them in this respect , and that it should possess such a variety of groups , and such a ...
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