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, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... island . 6. Camarhynchus ( 6 sp . ) and 7. Cactornis ( 4 sp . ) are two other peculiar genera of finches ; some of the species of which are confined to single islands , while others inhabit several . 8. Pyrocephalus , a genus of the ...
... island . 6. Camarhynchus ( 6 sp . ) and 7. Cactornis ( 4 sp . ) are two other peculiar genera of finches ; some of the species of which are confined to single islands , while others inhabit several . 8. Pyrocephalus , a genus of the ...
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... islands ; five ( Certhidea olivacea , Cactornis scandens , Pyrocephalus nanus ) , and two of the birds of prey , in three islands ; nine ( Certhidea fusca , Progne concolor , Geospiza nebulosa , G. magnirostris , Camarhynchus ...
... islands ; five ( Certhidea olivacea , Cactornis scandens , Pyrocephalus nanus ) , and two of the birds of prey , in three islands ; nine ( Certhidea fusca , Progne concolor , Geospiza nebulosa , G. magnirostris , Camarhynchus ...
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... islands . Its nearest ally is the equally large species of the Mascarene Islands ; an unusual development due , in both cases , to the absence of enemies permitting these slow but continually growing animals to attain an immense age ...
... islands . Its nearest ally is the equally large species of the Mascarene Islands ; an unusual development due , in both cases , to the absence of enemies permitting these slow but continually growing animals to attain an immense age ...
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... islands are both situated in stormy seas , and the immigrants are so numerous that hardly any specific change in the resident birds has taken place . The Galapagos receive no such annual visitants ; hence , when by some rare accident a ...
... islands are both situated in stormy seas , and the immigrants are so numerous that hardly any specific change in the resident birds has taken place . The Galapagos receive no such annual visitants ; hence , when by some rare accident a ...
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... islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight , and their capacity for resisting ...
... islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight , and their capacity for resisting ...
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