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 22
... appears to be forest country . The forest again pre- vails from Panama to Maracaybo , and southwards in the Magda- lena valley ; and on all the western side of the Andes to about 100 miles south of Guayaquil . On the N.E. coast of ...
... appears to be forest country . The forest again pre- vails from Panama to Maracaybo , and southwards in the Magda- lena valley ; and on all the western side of the Andes to about 100 miles south of Guayaquil . On the N.E. coast of ...
Page 27
... appear , that the great sub- region of Tropical South America as here defined , is really formed of three originally distinct lands , fused together by the vast lowland Amazonian forests . In the class of birds sufficient mate- rials ...
... appear , that the great sub- region of Tropical South America as here defined , is really formed of three originally distinct lands , fused together by the vast lowland Amazonian forests . In the class of birds sufficient mate- rials ...
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... appear to have . The scarcity of peculiar species in Chatham Island is remarkable , it being large , very isolated , and the nearest to the mainland . There is still room for exploration in these islands , especially in Albemarle ...
... appear to have . The scarcity of peculiar species in Chatham Island is remarkable , it being large , very isolated , and the nearest to the mainland . There is still room for exploration in these islands , especially in Albemarle ...
Page 34
... appear probable , that those which have undergone most change were the earliest to arrive ; so that we might look upon the three peculiar genera of finches , and Certhidea , the peculiar form of Cœrebidæ , as among the most ancient ...
... appear probable , that those which have undergone most change were the earliest to arrive ; so that we might look upon the three peculiar genera of finches , and Certhidea , the peculiar form of Cœrebidæ , as among the most ancient ...
Page 37
... appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch . Ursus ornatus , the " spectacled bear " of the Chilian Andes , is a remarkable form , supposed to be most allied to the Malay bear , and probably forming a distinct genus ...
... appear to have originated , may date back to a remote epoch . Ursus ornatus , the " spectacled bear " of the Chilian Andes , is a remarkable form , supposed to be most allied to the Malay bear , and probably forming a distinct genus ...
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