Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4. köide,1–4. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... extremity of a branch of an exposed bush , and easily approached . The highest nest was six feet , the lowest less than three feet from the ground . There they swing , free to every " norther " , until they fall to SENNETT ON BIRDS OF ...
... extremity of a branch of an exposed bush , and easily approached . The highest nest was six feet , the lowest less than three feet from the ground . There they swing , free to every " norther " , until they fall to SENNETT ON BIRDS OF ...
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... extremity of its very long peduncle . The vertebræ of this region , which might be called a neck , are several times as long as those of the dorsal series . The femoral bones are slender , and commence below the anterior part of dorsal ...
... extremity of its very long peduncle . The vertebræ of this region , which might be called a neck , are several times as long as those of the dorsal series . The femoral bones are slender , and commence below the anterior part of dorsal ...
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... extremity of the muzzle is the premaxillary bone , and this is concave backward , so as to give , with the oblique mouth , a bulldog ex- pression . The superior profile is gently concave . The opercular appa- ratus is produced slightly ...
... extremity of the muzzle is the premaxillary bone , and this is concave backward , so as to give , with the oblique mouth , a bulldog ex- pression . The superior profile is gently concave . The opercular appa- ratus is produced slightly ...
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... extremity of the premax- illary bone extended backward would reach about half - way to the orbit . Ribs stout ; neural spines slender . The interneurals visible number 11 , but the posterior part of the dorsal fin is wanting . These ...
... extremity of the premax- illary bone extended backward would reach about half - way to the orbit . Ribs stout ; neural spines slender . The interneurals visible number 11 , but the posterior part of the dorsal fin is wanting . These ...
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... extremities contracting equally or symmetri- cally to the head and tail . Depth at ventral fins entering length ( with caudal fin ) 2.60 times . Mouth rather small ; length of head entering total length 3.8 times . Short conic teeth en ...
... extremities contracting equally or symmetri- cally to the head and tail . Depth at ventral fins entering length ( with caudal fin ) 2.60 times . Mouth rather small ; length of head entering total length 3.8 times . Short conic teeth en ...
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