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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Page 59
... western Mexico , about 70 miles from San Blas . The largest is about 15 miles long by 10 wide . They are of horizon- tally stratified deposits , of moderate height and flat - topped , and everywhere covered with luxuriant virgin forests ...
... western Mexico , about 70 miles from San Blas . The largest is about 15 miles long by 10 wide . They are of horizon- tally stratified deposits , of moderate height and flat - topped , and everywhere covered with luxuriant virgin forests ...
Page 60
... Western Mexico . The only observed land - shell ( Orthalicus undatus ) also inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and ...
... Western Mexico . The only observed land - shell ( Orthalicus undatus ) also inhabits N.-W. Mexico . Only 14 species of birds were obtained , of which 9 were land - birds ; but of these 4 were new species , one a peculiar variety , and ...
Page 62
... western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the south of all these islands the sea is enormously deep ...
... western peninsula extends in a direct line towards Jamaica , the depth between them being 600 fathoms . Between Portorico and Hayti there is only 250 fathoms ; while close to the south of all these islands the sea is enormously deep ...
Page 65
... western hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no less than 31 , or almost exactly one - third , are peculiar ; while of the 203 resident species , 177 are peculiar , the other 26 being ...
... western hemisphere ) to North America , and almost to the Nearctic region . Of the 95 genera , no less than 31 , or almost exactly one - third , are peculiar ; while of the 203 resident species , 177 are peculiar , the other 26 being ...
Page 78
... Western Cuba with Yucatan , and Jamaica with the Mosquito Coast . This land must have stretched eastward to include Anguilla , and probably northward to include the whole of the Bahamas . At one time it perhaps extended southward so as ...
... Western Cuba with Yucatan , and Jamaica with the Mosquito Coast . This land must have stretched eastward to include Anguilla , and probably northward to include the whole of the Bahamas . At one time it perhaps extended southward so as ...
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