My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 357
... birds of paradise are found , and which had never been visited by an English collector . This was a piece of good fortune I had not expected , and it was especially fortunate because the next six months would be wet in Celebes , while ...
... birds of paradise are found , and which had never been visited by an English collector . This was a piece of good fortune I had not expected , and it was especially fortunate because the next six months would be wet in Celebes , while ...
Page 364
... birds of paradise I had expected . I obtained , however , a number of new and rare birds and a fine collection of insects , though not so many of the larger and finer kinds as I expected . The weather had been unusually wet , and the ...
... birds of paradise I had expected . I obtained , however , a number of new and rare birds and a fine collection of insects , though not so many of the larger and finer kinds as I expected . The weather had been unusually wet , and the ...
Page 367
... bird of paradise and a grand new butterfly of the largest size and most gorgeous colouring , I determined to go next ... birds and mammalia had been obtained . I had , of course , my usual large batch of letters to reply to . One of ...
... bird of paradise and a grand new butterfly of the largest size and most gorgeous colouring , I determined to go next ... birds and mammalia had been obtained . I had , of course , my usual large batch of letters to reply to . One of ...
Page 370
... bird of paradise ( Paradisea rubra ) ; but during the three months I lived there , often with very little food , I obtained only about seventy species of birds , mostly the same as those from New Guinea , though a few species of parrots ...
... bird of paradise ( Paradisea rubra ) ; but during the three months I lived there , often with very little food , I obtained only about seventy species of birds , mostly the same as those from New Guinea , though a few species of parrots ...
Page 371
... paradise birds , I wrote a letter to my friend George Silk , which I finished and posted after my arrival at Ternate . As such letters as this , absolutely familiar and con- fidential , exhibit my actual feelings , opinions , and ideas ...
... paradise birds , I wrote a letter to my friend George Silk , which I finished and posted after my arrival at Ternate . As such letters as this , absolutely familiar and con- fidential , exhibit my actual feelings , opinions , and ideas ...
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