Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4. köideU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... short cut through the weeds , which grew nearly as tall as my head . Not more than ten feet from the path I came upon a partly overturned nest , containing four young . Their pin - feathers , though just started , showed deep blue on ...
... short cut through the weeds , which grew nearly as tall as my head . Not more than ten feet from the path I came upon a partly overturned nest , containing four young . Their pin - feathers , though just started , showed deep blue on ...
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... short time I found this beautiful little Owl , with face down and wings spread out upon the ground , perfectly lifeless . This was the first Owl smaller than Nyctale acadica , Acadian Owl , that I had had ever captured . Small Owls were ...
... short time I found this beautiful little Owl , with face down and wings spread out upon the ground , perfectly lifeless . This was the first Owl smaller than Nyctale acadica , Acadian Owl , that I had had ever captured . Small Owls were ...
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... short , and rather high - pitched . It is inore secluded in its habits than any of the others , except the one I have lately found new to our fauna , Echmoptila albifrons . In point of numbers it is much less numerous than the Carolina ...
... short , and rather high - pitched . It is inore secluded in its habits than any of the others , except the one I have lately found new to our fauna , Echmoptila albifrons . In point of numbers it is much less numerous than the Carolina ...
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... short , rounded broadly , 12 - feathered tail , and have the first primary abruptly linear - attenuate at the end for an inch or so . They are of rather plain colors , though the neck hs the iridescence so common in Pigeons , and ...
... short , rounded broadly , 12 - feathered tail , and have the first primary abruptly linear - attenuate at the end for an inch or so . They are of rather plain colors , though the neck hs the iridescence so common in Pigeons , and ...
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... short distance , sprang into the lower branches of a tree , and , hopping along from tree to tree , disappeared into the thicket about five feet from the ground . They are very fond of blackberries , which were then getting ripe ...
... short distance , sprang into the lower branches of a tree , and , hopping along from tree to tree , disappeared into the thicket about five feet from the ground . They are very fond of blackberries , which were then getting ripe ...
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1873 Elliott Coues abdomen abundant Acad Amer American antennæ apex apical August basal base birds blackish border Bosque County breeding brown Brownsville Cham Cham.-Can Clem Clem.-Tin Coll Collector color Colorado convex Cope costal dark distinct dorsal dorsal fin eggs Elliott Coues elytra Esox extending fauna feet fore wings Frenchman's Creek fuscous Gelechia genera genus Girard gray head Hidalgo hind wings Hist inch joint Jordan July June Laramie Larva larvæ Length List of specimens Lithocolletis Locality margin median middle Milk River Missouri Mouse River narrow Nature of specimen nearly nest North oblique outer pale palpi Pembina Phila portion posterior prairie Proc prothorax punctured Rafinesque region Rocky Mountains rounded Sciurus side Skin slender slightly South species spot striæ surface Texas thorax tibiæ transverse tropical Turtle Mountain upper Valley
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Page 314 - Istly, that the several regions are not of equal rank ; — :2ndly, that they are not equally applicable to all classes of animals. As to the first objection, it will be found impossible to form any three or more regions, each of which differs from the rest in an equal degree or in the same manner. One...
Page 443 - They consist of the greater part of a skeleton, embracing all of the bones of the anterior and posterior extremities, excepting the femora. Unfortunately, the bill and the anterior portion of the head are wanting, but the outlines of the remainder of the head and of the neck are distinctly traceable. The bones are all in situ, and indicate beyond question a high ornithic type, probably referable to the Oscine division of the Passeres. The specimen bears also remarkably distinct impressions of the...
Page 316 - If these considerations are well founded," he continues, " the objections of those who study insects or molluscs, — for example, that our regions are not true for their departments of nature, — cannot be maintained. For they will find, that a careful consideration of the exceptional means of dispersal and conditions of existence of each group, will explain most of the divergences from the normal distribution of higher animals.
Page 325 - ... part of its natural history. We require also to know its exact range at the present day and in prehistoric times, and to have some knowledge of its geological age, the place of its earliest appearance on the globe, and of the various extinct forms most nearly allied to it. To those who accept the theory of development as worked out by Mr. Darwin, and the views as to the general permanence and immense antiquity of the great continents and oceans so ably developed by. Sir Charles Lyell, it ceases...
Page 700 - The head is shining chestnut brown with black mandibles. The body is livid or blackish green, naked, with series of black dots, each dot giving rise to a single, rather stout, bristle, The prothoracic shield is blackish. The larva has three pair of thoracic or true jointed feet, and four abdominal or false feet, besides anal claspers. This larva, eating on the inner side of the bark, and making furrows in the wood, causes the bleeding which, when the depletion is excessive or continuous, and especially...
Page 266 - The snake prepares for action by throwing itself into a number of superimposed coils, upon the mass of which the neck and a few inches more lie loosely curved, the head elevated, the tail projecting and rapidly vibrating. At the approach of the intended victim, the serpent, by sudden contraction of the muscles upon the convexity of the curves, straightens out the anterior portion of the body, and thus darts forward the head. At this instant, the jaws are widely separated, and the back of the head...
Page 333 - ... this in a subdivision of the earth which is established for the very purpose of expressing such contrasts more clearly and concisely than by ordinary geographical terminology, would be both illogical and inconvenient. The one question then remains, whether the Nearctic region should be kept separate, or whether it should form part of the Palaearctic or of the Neotropical regions.
Page 777 - Report on the Collection of Fishes Made by Dr. Elliott Coues, USA , in Dakota and Montana, During the Seasons of 1873 and 1874.
Page 315 - One will surpass all others in the possession of peculiar families; another will have many characteristic genera; while a third will be mainly distinguished by negative characters. There will also be found many intermediate districts, which possess some of the characteristics of two well-marked regions...
Page 497 - ... be entirely destroyed. After they have passed, nothing remains but the large branches and the roots, which being under ground have escaped their voracity." And in a late work of travels in the same country we find the following passage : — " During our ride (from Cordova to Seville) we observed a number of men advancing in skirmishing order across the country, and thrashing the ground most savagely with long flails. Curious to know what could be the motives for this Xerxes-like treatment of...