Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 40. köideVictoria Institute., 1908 Each volume includes list of members, and "objects of the institute" (except v. 31, which has no list of members). Beginning with v. 12, a list of the papers contained in preceding volumes is issued regularly with each volume. |
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... FAUNA AND ITS ORIGIN . " BY PROFESSOR J. LOGAN LOBLEY , F.G.S. : DISCUSSION REMARKS BY MR . DAVID HOWARD , V.P. , MR . ROUSE , PROFESSOR H. L. ORCHARD , AND MR . W. WOODS SMYTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING . .... PAPER ON " THE SHIA TURKS ...
... FAUNA AND ITS ORIGIN . " BY PROFESSOR J. LOGAN LOBLEY , F.G.S. : DISCUSSION REMARKS BY MR . DAVID HOWARD , V.P. , MR . ROUSE , PROFESSOR H. L. ORCHARD , AND MR . W. WOODS SMYTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING . .... PAPER ON " THE SHIA TURKS ...
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... fauna . " By the SECRETARY , Professor EDWARD HULL , F.R.S. " The History of the Spread of the North American fauna . " By Professor J. LOGAN LOBLEY , F.G.S. " Views of Petra . " By Mr. ARTHUR W. SUTTON , F.L.S. " The Southern Alps of ...
... fauna . " By the SECRETARY , Professor EDWARD HULL , F.R.S. " The History of the Spread of the North American fauna . " By Professor J. LOGAN LOBLEY , F.G.S. " Views of Petra . " By Mr. ARTHUR W. SUTTON , F.L.S. " The Southern Alps of ...
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... fauna of Western Europe at that time is represented . In one bone - bed alone , the skeletons of four lions were found lying side by side . The largest skeleton , which was almost perfect , has been restored and set up for public ...
... fauna of Western Europe at that time is represented . In one bone - bed alone , the skeletons of four lions were found lying side by side . The largest skeleton , which was almost perfect , has been restored and set up for public ...
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... fauna might be accounted for by the former animals being driven southwards by the advancing ice of the earlier Quaternary Period and mingled with such of those , now confined to warmer latitudes , as were able to adapt themselves to new ...
... fauna might be accounted for by the former animals being driven southwards by the advancing ice of the earlier Quaternary Period and mingled with such of those , now confined to warmer latitudes , as were able to adapt themselves to new ...
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... fauna ; the disappearance by extinction or migration of old forms , and the incoming of new species , and also of a new race of men ; but have we not clear proof also that between the Pleistocene Age and our own , changes were brought ...
... fauna ; the disappearance by extinction or migration of old forms , and the incoming of new species , and also of a new race of men ; but have we not clear proof also that between the Pleistocene Age and our own , changes were brought ...
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