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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... Eastern Europe . The first series are examples of what are termed representative species , the second of distinct groups or types of animals . The one represents a comparatively recent modification , and an origin in or near the ...
... Eastern Europe . The first series are examples of what are termed representative species , the second of distinct groups or types of animals . The one represents a comparatively recent modification , and an origin in or near the ...
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... birds have occurred in Europe , most of them in Britain and Heligo- land . They consist chiefly of migratory birds which in autumn • return along the eastern coasts of the United States , 16 [ PART I. DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
... birds have occurred in Europe , most of them in Britain and Heligo- land . They consist chiefly of migratory birds which in autumn • return along the eastern coasts of the United States , 16 [ PART I. DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS .
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... eastern coasts of the United States , and often fly from point to point across bays and inlets . They are then liable to be blown out to sea by storms , which are prevalent at this season ; and it is almost always at this time of year ...
... eastern coasts of the United States , and often fly from point to point across bays and inlets . They are then liable to be blown out to sea by storms , which are prevalent at this season ; and it is almost always at this time of year ...
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... eastern Siberia and northern Japan ; while a few purely tropical forms travel northwards in summer to Japan , and on the mainland as far as the valley of the Amoor . North America . - The migrations of birds in North America have been ...
... eastern Siberia and northern Japan ; while a few purely tropical forms travel northwards in summer to Japan , and on the mainland as far as the valley of the Amoor . North America . - The migrations of birds in North America have been ...
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... eastern species ; though a few Rocky Mountain birds range southward along the plateaux of Mexico and Guatemala , but probably not as regular annual migrants . In America as in Europe birds appear in spring with great regularity , while ...
... eastern species ; though a few Rocky Mountain birds range southward along the plateaux of Mexico and Guatemala , but probably not as regular annual migrants . In America as in Europe birds appear in spring with great regularity , while ...
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