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. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 25
... abundant in the lowlands , many genera being peculiar to the Amazonian forests . The su- perb chatterers ( Cotingida ) also seem to have their head - quarters in the forests of Brazil and Guiana , and to have thence spread 66 1 Messrs ...
... abundant in the lowlands , many genera being peculiar to the Amazonian forests . The su- perb chatterers ( Cotingida ) also seem to have their head - quarters in the forests of Brazil and Guiana , and to have thence spread 66 1 Messrs ...
Page 30
... abundant in Mexico , the Antilles , and the northern parts of a tropical America , only one species extending south as. 1 Mr. Salvin , who has critically examined the ornithological fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS ...
... abundant in Mexico , the Antilles , and the northern parts of a tropical America , only one species extending south as. 1 Mr. Salvin , who has critically examined the ornithological fauna of these islands , has kindly corrected my MS ...
Page 32
... abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ , spread all over the American continent . The last reptile is a land tortoise ( Testudo nigra ) of 32 [ PART III . 22 ZOOLOGICAL ...
... abundant on all the islands ; and they are quite distinct from any of the very numerous genera of Iguanidæ , spread all over the American continent . The last reptile is a land tortoise ( Testudo nigra ) of 32 [ PART III . 22 ZOOLOGICAL ...
Page 37
... abundant down to the Straits of Magellan and into Tierra del Fuego , Mr. Darwin having collected more than 20 distinct species . The following are the genera of Mammalia which have been observed on the shores of the Straits of Magel ...
... abundant down to the Straits of Magellan and into Tierra del Fuego , Mr. Darwin having collected more than 20 distinct species . The following are the genera of Mammalia which have been observed on the shores of the Straits of Magel ...
Page 41
... abundant , seventeen species having been collected by Mr. Darwin in this sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius , Cacotus , Hylodes , Cyclorhamphus , Pleu- rodema , Cystignathus , and ...
... abundant , seventeen species having been collected by Mr. Darwin in this sub - region . Species of the South American genera Phryniscus , Hylaplesia , Telmatobius , Cacotus , Hylodes , Cyclorhamphus , Pleu- rodema , Cystignathus , and ...
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