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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... Insects and the Barriers which limit their Range ( p . 32 ) 10-34 CHAPTER III . DISTRIBUTION AS AFFECTED BY THE CONDITIONS AND CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE . Land and Water ( p . 35 ) -Continental Areas ( p . 36 ) -Recent Changes in ...
... Insects and the Barriers which limit their Range ( p . 32 ) 10-34 CHAPTER III . DISTRIBUTION AS AFFECTED BY THE CONDITIONS AND CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE . Land and Water ( p . 35 ) -Continental Areas ( p . 36 ) -Recent Changes in ...
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... Insects ( p . 102 ) -Classification of Mollusca ( p . 104 ) 83-104 PART II . ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXTINCT ANIMALS . CHAPTER VI . THE EXTINCT MAMMALIA OF THE OLD WORLD . Historic and Post - pliocene Period ( p . 110 ) -Pliocene Period ...
... Insects ( p . 102 ) -Classification of Mollusca ( p . 104 ) 83-104 PART II . ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXTINCT ANIMALS . CHAPTER VI . THE EXTINCT MAMMALIA OF THE OLD WORLD . Historic and Post - pliocene Period ( p . 110 ) -Pliocene Period ...
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... INSECTS AND LAND - MOLLUSCA . Extinct Mammalia of Australia ( p . 157 ) —Mammalian Remains of the Secondary Formations ( p . 159 ) -Extinct Birds ( p . 160 ) -Palearctic Region and North India ( p . 161 ) -North America ( p . 163 ) ...
... INSECTS AND LAND - MOLLUSCA . Extinct Mammalia of Australia ( p . 157 ) —Mammalian Remains of the Secondary Formations ( p . 159 ) -Extinct Birds ( p . 160 ) -Palearctic Region and North India ( p . 161 ) -North America ( p . 163 ) ...
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... Insects ( p . 187 ) -Land - shells ( p . 190 ) -The Palæ- arctic Sub - regions ( p . 190 ) -Central and Northern Europe ( p . 191 ) -North European Islands ( p . 197 ) -Mediterranean Sub - region ( p . 199 ) -The Mediter- ranean and ...
... Insects ( p . 187 ) -Land - shells ( p . 190 ) -The Palæ- arctic Sub - regions ( p . 190 ) -Central and Northern Europe ( p . 191 ) -North European Islands ( p . 197 ) -Mediterranean Sub - region ( p . 199 ) -The Mediter- ranean and ...
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... Insects ( p . 403 ) -Land shells ( p . 407 ) -Australian Sub - regions ( p . 408 ) —Austro - Malayan Sub - region ( p . 409 ) — Papua , or the New Guinea Group ( p . 409 ) -The Moluccas ( p . 417 ) —Insects- Peculiarities of the ...
... Insects ( p . 403 ) -Land shells ( p . 407 ) -Australian Sub - regions ( p . 408 ) —Austro - Malayan Sub - region ( p . 409 ) — Papua , or the New Guinea Group ( p . 409 ) -The Moluccas ( p . 417 ) —Insects- Peculiarities of the ...
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