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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... remarkable and more restricted types of beast and bird , amid the characteristic scenery of their native country ; — and in carrying out this object there are probably few artists who would have succeeded better than Mr. Zwecker has ...
... remarkable and more restricted types of beast and bird , amid the characteristic scenery of their native country ; — and in carrying out this object there are probably few artists who would have succeeded better than Mr. Zwecker has ...
Page xxiii
... of Tasmania 439 17. Plate XII . The Plains of New South Wales with Characteristic Ani- mals . 442 · 18. Plate XIII . Scene in New Zealand with some of its Remarkable Birds 455 ERRATA IN VOL . I. I have detected several misprints.
... of Tasmania 439 17. Plate XII . The Plains of New South Wales with Characteristic Ani- mals . 442 · 18. Plate XIII . Scene in New Zealand with some of its Remarkable Birds 455 ERRATA IN VOL . I. I have detected several misprints.
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... remarkable contrasts in the extent of their range , some being the most cosmopolite of the higher animals , while others are absolutely confined to single spots on the earth's surface . The petrels ( Procellariida ) and the gulls ...
... remarkable contrasts in the extent of their range , some being the most cosmopolite of the higher animals , while others are absolutely confined to single spots on the earth's surface . The petrels ( Procellariida ) and the gulls ...
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... remarkable that no European birds reach the American coast but a few which pass by way of Iceland and Greenland ; whereas a considerable number do reach the Azores , fully half way across ; so that their absence can hardly be due to the ...
... remarkable that no European birds reach the American coast but a few which pass by way of Iceland and Greenland ; whereas a considerable number do reach the Azores , fully half way across ; so that their absence can hardly be due to the ...
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... remarkable refrigeration of climate in the northern hemi- sphere within the epoch , of existing species , to which the term Glacial epoch is applied , together with the changes of level that accompanied and perhaps assisted to produce ...
... remarkable refrigeration of climate in the northern hemi- sphere within the epoch , of existing species , to which the term Glacial epoch is applied , together with the changes of level that accompanied and perhaps assisted to produce ...
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absence abundant Abyssinia affinities Africa and Madagascar allied Amphibia animals antelopes Arctic Asia Austral Australia Australian region Austro-Malaya belong birds Borneo Burmah Carnivora Celebes Central Ceylon characteristic China climate Coleoptera confined Cosmopolite Cosmopolite Cosmopolite deposits distribution east Eastern Hemisphere Eocene epoch Ethiop Ethiopian Ethiopian region Europe European excl existing extend extinct fauna forests Formosa genera genus geographical globe groups Guinea Himalayas hyænas India Indo-Malay inhabit Insectivora insects Japan Java land land-birds large number less lizards Madagascar Malacca Malay Malaya Malayan mammalia migration Miocene Miocene period Moluccas mountains Nearctic Neotropical North northern occur ocean Oriental genus Oriental region Palearctic Palearctic genus Palearctic region peculiar forms peculiar genera peculiar genus peculiar species perhaps Pliocene possesses Post-Pliocene probably range recent regions but Australian remarkable represented reptiles rhinoceros South America southern sub-region Sumatra Tasmania temperate Tertiary Thibet Timor Tropical Africa tropical regions types whole region wholly Zealand zoological regions