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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... Trochilidæ , or humming - birds ; and Conuridæ , or macaws . Most of these families abound in genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ , with more ...
... Trochilidæ , or humming - birds ; and Conuridæ , or macaws . Most of these families abound in genera and species , and many are of immense extent ; such as Trochilidæ , with 115 genera , and nearly 400 species ; Tyrannidæ , with more ...
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... Trochilidae ( 58 ) . There are 3 peculiar genera of Psittaci , 8 of Gallina , the only genus of Opisthocomida , 3 of Accipitres , 1 of Rallidæ , Psophia and Eurypyga types of distinct families , and 1 genus of Ardeida , Palamedeida ...
... Trochilidae ( 58 ) . There are 3 peculiar genera of Psittaci , 8 of Gallina , the only genus of Opisthocomida , 3 of Accipitres , 1 of Rallidæ , Psophia and Eurypyga types of distinct families , and 1 genus of Ardeida , Palamedeida ...
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... ( Trochilidae ) have their greatest development in the Andean district . Brazil and Guiana have each a peculiar genus of parrots ; Guiana has three peculiar genera of Cracidæ , while the Andes north of the equator have two . The Tinamidæ ...
... ( Trochilidae ) have their greatest development in the Andean district . Brazil and Guiana have each a peculiar genus of parrots ; Guiana has three peculiar genera of Cracidæ , while the Andes north of the equator have two . The Tinamidæ ...
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... Trochilidae , and Galbulidæ . A considerable proportion of the genera of the Chilian and Mexican sub - regions also occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub ...
... Trochilidae , and Galbulidæ . A considerable proportion of the genera of the Chilian and Mexican sub - regions also occur here , so that out of about 680 genera of Neotropical land- birds more than 500 are represented in this sub ...
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... Trochilidæ , and 4 of Pteroptochida , -the last four South American families . There is also a peculiar genus of par- rots ( Henicognathus ) in Chili ; two of pigeons ( Metriopelia and Gymnopelia ) confined to the Andes and west coast ...
... Trochilidæ , and 4 of Pteroptochida , -the last four South American families . There is also a peculiar genus of par- rots ( Henicognathus ) in Chili ; two of pigeons ( Metriopelia and Gymnopelia ) confined to the Andes and west coast ...
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