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, 1. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 |
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... Ceylon Nicobar I Malay Penin . s Victoria Nyanza Kilima Njaro Tanganyika Seychelle Is ZanzibarL Chagos Is Loando REG Sumatra Java L. Comoro Is Keeling Is Nyassa GUIANA RU B R Amazon R REOTROPICAL S.Paul Rocas FNoronhal . Pernambuco ...
... Ceylon Nicobar I Malay Penin . s Victoria Nyanza Kilima Njaro Tanganyika Seychelle Is ZanzibarL Chagos Is Loando REG Sumatra Java L. Comoro Is Keeling Is Nyassa GUIANA RU B R Amazon R REOTROPICAL S.Paul Rocas FNoronhal . Pernambuco ...
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... Ceylon and South India ( p . 326 ) —The Past History of Ceylon and South India , as indicated by its Fauna ( p . 328 ) -Himalayan or Indo - Chinese Sub - region ( p . 329 ) —Islands of the Indo - Chinese Sub - region ( p . 333 XX ...
... Ceylon and South India ( p . 326 ) —The Past History of Ceylon and South India , as indicated by its Fauna ( p . 328 ) -Himalayan or Indo - Chinese Sub - region ( p . 329 ) —Islands of the Indo - Chinese Sub - region ( p . 333 XX ...
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... Ceylon , which is so steep and rocky as to be very difficult of ascent for man . It traverses rivers with great ease and forces its way through the densest jungle . There seems therefore to be no limit to its powers of wandering , but ...
... Ceylon , which is so steep and rocky as to be very difficult of ascent for man . It traverses rivers with great ease and forces its way through the densest jungle . There seems therefore to be no limit to its powers of wandering , but ...
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... Ceylon comparatively few of these migratory birds appear . In China the migratory birds follow generally the coast line , coming southwards in winter from eastern Siberia and northern Japan ; while a few purely tropical forms travel ...
... Ceylon comparatively few of these migratory birds appear . In China the migratory birds follow generally the coast line , coming southwards in winter from eastern Siberia and northern Japan ; while a few purely tropical forms travel ...
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... Ceylon generally agrees in its productions with the Southern part of India ; yet it has several birds which are allied to Malayan and not to Indian groups , and a fine butterfly of the genus Hestia , as well as several genera of beetles ...
... Ceylon generally agrees in its productions with the Southern part of India ; yet it has several birds which are allied to Malayan and not to Indian groups , and a fine butterfly of the genus Hestia , as well as several genera of beetles ...
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