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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... Birds ( p . 7 ) -Neotropical Reptiles ( p . 9 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p . 12 ) -Insects ( p . 13 ) -Coleoptera ( p ... Birds ( p . 24 ) -Islands of Tropical South America , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) -Chilian Sub - region ( p . 36 ) -Birds ...
... Birds ( p . 7 ) -Neotropical Reptiles ( p . 9 ) -Fresh - water Fishes ( p . 12 ) -Insects ( p . 13 ) -Coleoptera ( p ... Birds ( p . 24 ) -Islands of Tropical South America , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) -Chilian Sub - region ( p . 36 ) -Birds ...
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... Birds ( p 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany ...
... Birds ( p 118 ) -Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata ( p . 120 ) -Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany ...
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... Birds . - In birds , the Neotropical region is even richer and more isolated . It possesses no less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the ...
... Birds . - In birds , the Neotropical region is even richer and more isolated . It possesses no less than 23 families wholly confined within its limits , with 7 others which only extend into the Nearc- tic region . The names of the ...
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... Birds . - The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV ...
... Birds . - The birds which are especially characteristic of this region , present similar distinctive features . In the enormous group of Passerine VOL . II . - 2 birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of. CHAP . XIV ...
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... birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of the entire class , yet presents hardly any well - marked differences of structure by which it can be subdivided - the families confined to America are , for the most part , more ...
... birds which , though comprising nearly three - fourths of the entire class , yet presents hardly any well - marked differences of structure by which it can be subdivided - the families confined to America are , for the most part , more ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand