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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... Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological feature , and where a number of the most remarkable and interesting birds are to be found . On the left we have the umbrella - bird ( Cephalopterus ...
... Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological feature , and where a number of the most remarkable and interesting birds are to be found . On the left we have the umbrella - bird ( Cephalopterus ...
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... UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
... UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
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With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS .
With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS .
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... upper bird is a plant - cutter ( Phytotoma rara ) , of sober plumage but allied to the beautiful chatterers , though forming a separate family . Below , standing on a rock , is a plover - like bird , the Thinocorus orbi- gnianus , which ...
... upper bird is a plant - cutter ( Phytotoma rara ) , of sober plumage but allied to the beautiful chatterers , though forming a separate family . Below , standing on a rock , is a plover - like bird , the Thinocorus orbi- gnianus , which ...
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... Upper Amazon and E. Andes CEBIDE . 1. Cebus 18 2. Lagothrix ... 3. Eriodes 3 4. Ateles 14 5. Mycetes 6. Pithecia 10 7. Brachiurus 8. Nyctipithecus 9. Saimiris 10. Callithrix HAPALIDE . 11. Hapale 12. Midas CHIROPTERA . PHYLLOSTOMIDE ...
... Upper Amazon and E. Andes CEBIDE . 1. Cebus 18 2. Lagothrix ... 3. Eriodes 3 4. Ateles 14 5. Mycetes 6. Pithecia 10 7. Brachiurus 8. Nyctipithecus 9. Saimiris 10. Callithrix HAPALIDE . 11. Hapale 12. Midas CHIROPTERA . PHYLLOSTOMIDE ...
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