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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Page xxi
... Moluccas ( p . 417 ) —Insects- Peculiarities of the Moluccan Fauna ( p . 420 ) -Timor Group ( p . 422 ) — Celebes Group ( p . 426 ) —Origin of the Fauna of Celebes ( p . 436 ) - Australia and Tasmania , or the Australian Sub - region ...
... Moluccas ( p . 417 ) —Insects- Peculiarities of the Moluccan Fauna ( p . 420 ) -Timor Group ( p . 422 ) — Celebes Group ( p . 426 ) —Origin of the Fauna of Celebes ( p . 436 ) - Australia and Tasmania , or the Australian Sub - region ...
Page 243
... Moluccas , India , Africa Oriental region N. India , Formosa N. and Central America E. and S. Africa N.E. Africa , Ceylon mi- grants ( ? ) E. Africa , India , mi- grants Abyssinia and India migrants Centl . India ( ? migrant ) Order ...
... Moluccas , India , Africa Oriental region N. India , Formosa N. and Central America E. and S. Africa N.E. Africa , Ceylon mi- grants ( ? ) E. Africa , India , mi- grants Abyssinia and India migrants Centl . India ( ? migrant ) Order ...
Page 247
... Moluccas 108. Calobates Atlantic Is . , W. Europe , to China Malaisia , Madagascar PITTIDE . ( Pitta 1 Japan ) Oriental & Austral . genus PICARIÆ . PICIDE . 109. Picoides ... 3 N. and Cen . Europe to Thibet & E. Asia North America 110 ...
... Moluccas 108. Calobates Atlantic Is . , W. Europe , to China Malaisia , Madagascar PITTIDE . ( Pitta 1 Japan ) Oriental & Austral . genus PICARIÆ . PICIDE . 109. Picoides ... 3 N. and Cen . Europe to Thibet & E. Asia North America 110 ...
Page 281
... Moluccan and Australian genus of Scincida ; Phelsuma ( Geckotidæ ) , and Chameleo , both found also in Madagascar ; as well as Pyxis , one of the tortoises . The Seychelles have Theconyx , a peculiar genus of Geckotidæ , and Chameleo ...
... Moluccan and Australian genus of Scincida ; Phelsuma ( Geckotidæ ) , and Chameleo , both found also in Madagascar ; as well as Pyxis , one of the tortoises . The Seychelles have Theconyx , a peculiar genus of Geckotidæ , and Chameleo ...
Page 297
... America , N. India , S. Europe Palearctic , Australian , Netropical Almost Cosmopolite South Palearctic Ceylon and Moluccas . Almost cosmopolite Sub regions . Order and Family . Range beyond the CHAP . XI . ] 297 THE ETHIOPIAN REGION .
... America , N. India , S. Europe Palearctic , Australian , Netropical Almost Cosmopolite South Palearctic Ceylon and Moluccas . Almost cosmopolite Sub regions . Order and Family . Range beyond the CHAP . XI . ] 297 THE ETHIOPIAN REGION .
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