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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... Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII . Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds . . 128 8. Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate ...
... Cuba , with Characteristic Animals 6. Map of the Nearctic Region 67 . 115 7. Plate XVIII . Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds . . 128 8. Plate XIX . The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia 130 9. Plate ...
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... Cuba Mosquito Coast Blewfields Bank Jamaica Bermudas 60 50 40 ANTILLEAN Caicos Is . Haiti Samigna IS Porto s ingston Chiriqui L. Vaghagres G.of Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew ...
... Cuba Mosquito Coast Blewfields Bank Jamaica Bermudas 60 50 40 ANTILLEAN Caicos Is . Haiti Samigna IS Porto s ingston Chiriqui L. Vaghagres G.of Panama Galapagos Albemarle Charles Is . Chatham Chimborazo G.of ansa Guaviari S SBartholomew ...
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... Cuba . The Cerambycid¿ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are characteristic of the sub - region ...
... Cuba . The Cerambycid¿ are much more numerous , and there are 24 peculiar genera , the most important being Sphenothecus , Entomosterna , and Cyphosterna ; while Crioprosopus and Metalep- tus are characteristic of the sub - region ...
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... Cuba and Hayti ; two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada ...
... Cuba and Hayti ; two of moderate size , Jamaica and Portorico ; and a chain of much smaller islands , St. Croix , Anguilla , Barbuda , Antigua , Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , St. Lucia , St. Vincent , Barbadoes , and Grenada ...
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... Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the ...
... Cuba , and eastward in Portorico ; while the south - western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the ...
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