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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... Plate XIV . A Brazilian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . 3 24 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene ...
... Plate XIV . A Brazilian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia . 3 24 3. Plate XV . A Scene on the Upper Amazon , with some Characteristic Birds 28 4. Plate XVI . The Chilian Andes , with Characteristic Animals 40 5. Plate XVII . A Scene ...
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... Plate IV . Characteristic Neotropical Mammalia . - Our illustra- tion represents a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most ...
... Plate IV . Characteristic Neotropical Mammalia . - Our illustra- tion represents a mountainous forest in Brazil , the part of South America where the Neotropical Mammalia are perhaps best VOL . II . - 3 developed . The central and most ...
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... PLATE XII . THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON.
... PLATE XII . THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON.
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... Plate XV . Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological ...
... Plate XV . Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological ...
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... Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
... Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
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