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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... birds of the Galapagos , and for other assistance : To Mr. Sharpe , for MS . lists of the birds of Madagascar and the Cape Verd Islands : To Canon Tristram , for a detailed arrangement of the difficult family of the warblers , -Sylviidæ ...
... birds of the Galapagos , and for other assistance : To Mr. Sharpe , for MS . lists of the birds of Madagascar and the Cape Verd Islands : To Canon Tristram , for a detailed arrangement of the difficult family of the warblers , -Sylviidæ ...
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... Birds ( p . 15 ) -Dis- persal of Birds by Winds ( p . 16 ) -Barriers to the Dispersal of Birds ( p . 17 ) — The Phenomena of Migration ( p . 18 ) -Migrations of Birds ( p . 19 ) -General remarks on Migration ( p . 25 ) —Means of ...
... Birds ( p . 15 ) -Dis- persal of Birds by Winds ( p . 16 ) -Barriers to the Dispersal of Birds ( p . 17 ) — The Phenomena of Migration ( p . 18 ) -Migrations of Birds ( p . 19 ) -General remarks on Migration ( p . 25 ) —Means of ...
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... Birds ( p . 223 ) -Insects ( p . 227 ) -Remarks on the General Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ ...
... Birds ( p . 223 ) -Insects ( p . 227 ) -Remarks on the General Character of the Fauna of Japan ( p . 230 ) -General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the Palæ- arctic Region ( p . 231 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palæ ...
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... Birds . - It would seem at first sight that no barriers could limit the range of birds , and that they ought to be the most ubiquitous of living things , and little fitted there- fore to throw any light on the laws or causes of the ...
... Birds . - It would seem at first sight that no barriers could limit the range of birds , and that they ought to be the most ubiquitous of living things , and little fitted there- fore to throw any light on the laws or causes of the ...
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... birds offer remarkable contrasts in the extent of their range , some being the most cosmopolite of the higher ... birds , with some of the parrots and pigeons , confined to small islands of a few square miles in extent , or to single ...
... birds offer remarkable contrasts in the extent of their range , some being the most cosmopolite of the higher ... birds , with some of the parrots and pigeons , confined to small islands of a few square miles in extent , or to single ...
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