The American Naturalist, 12. köideEssex Institute, 1878 |
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... Land to an Aquatic Salamander , 468 ; Ridgway's Ornithology of the Fortieth Parallel , 469 ; A Two - headed Snake , 470 ; Notes on Three Rare Birds of Minnesota , 475 ; Mode of Distribution of Fresh - water Mussels , 472 ; Defensive ...
... Land to an Aquatic Salamander , 468 ; Ridgway's Ornithology of the Fortieth Parallel , 469 ; A Two - headed Snake , 470 ; Notes on Three Rare Birds of Minnesota , 475 ; Mode of Distribution of Fresh - water Mussels , 472 ; Defensive ...
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... land along the banks of the creek had been cultivated , and at this time . were seen the remains of irrigating ditches , which attest the in- důstry and enterprise of this strange , and to our minds , deluded people . These fields are ...
... land along the banks of the creek had been cultivated , and at this time . were seen the remains of irrigating ditches , which attest the in- důstry and enterprise of this strange , and to our minds , deluded people . These fields are ...
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... land has pretty much done away with the swamps . You see , there's only about two acres in that grove . But the herons were a good deal more numerous when the woods were bigger . " Hostess . " Yes , I remember when it was a'most ...
... land has pretty much done away with the swamps . You see , there's only about two acres in that grove . But the herons were a good deal more numerous when the woods were bigger . " Hostess . " Yes , I remember when it was a'most ...
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... Land , " that even a monosyllabic word may have eight significations if spoken in so many different tones ? Thus if a barbarian outsider might be allowed to improvise a bit of barbarous Chinese , one might say shoò , to mean lovely , or ...
... Land , " that even a monosyllabic word may have eight significations if spoken in so many different tones ? Thus if a barbarian outsider might be allowed to improvise a bit of barbarous Chinese , one might say shoò , to mean lovely , or ...
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... land and fresh water , in constantly changing areas , were rising and separating from the universal ocean . The successive disappearance of the traces of the fish type of circulation in Batrachia and reptiles , are familiar facts ; and ...
... land and fresh water , in constantly changing areas , were rising and separating from the universal ocean . The successive disappearance of the traces of the fish type of circulation in Batrachia and reptiles , are familiar facts ; and ...
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