My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 372
... birds of paradise - red at that , as our friend Morris Haggar would say . But enough of this nonsense . I meant to write you of matters more worthy of a naturalist's pen . I have been reading of late two books of the highest interest ...
... birds of paradise - red at that , as our friend Morris Haggar would say . But enough of this nonsense . I meant to write you of matters more worthy of a naturalist's pen . I have been reading of late two books of the highest interest ...
Page 376
... birds and insects very scarce . I there- fore went on to Batavia and thence to Buitenzorg and to the Pangerango ... paradise bird ( Paradisea papuana ) were brought to Singapore by a trader , and I went to see them . They were in a large ...
... birds and insects very scarce . I there- fore went on to Batavia and thence to Buitenzorg and to the Pangerango ... paradise bird ( Paradisea papuana ) were brought to Singapore by a trader , and I went to see them . They were in a large ...
Page 382
... birds of paradise which I had purchased gave me a good deal of trouble and anxiety on my way home . had first to make an arrangement for a place to stand the large cage on deck . A stock of food was required , which consisted chiefly of ...
... birds of paradise which I had purchased gave me a good deal of trouble and anxiety on my way home . had first to make an arrangement for a place to stand the large cage on deck . A stock of food was required , which consisted chiefly of ...
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... Bird I. Seroa E h 0 Kilwaru Cern - law Mose m : s Tear & Boen Boni igiou Dampier Strait Goede Hoop Dorey Rare Birds of Paradise M Allen Macluer Goram Matabello I. Tenember Larat Timor Laut 100 fathom line er Inlet Little Key damen ...
... Bird I. Seroa E h 0 Kilwaru Cern - law Mose m : s Tear & Boen Boni igiou Dampier Strait Goede Hoop Dorey Rare Birds of Paradise M Allen Macluer Goram Matabello I. Tenember Larat Timor Laut 100 fathom line er Inlet Little Key damen ...
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... BIRDS OF PARADISE . Having visited most of the islands inhabited by the paradise birds , in the hope of obtaining good specimens of many of the species , and some knowledge of their habits and distribution , I have thought that an ...
... BIRDS OF PARADISE . Having visited most of the islands inhabited by the paradise birds , in the hope of obtaining good specimens of many of the species , and some knowledge of their habits and distribution , I have thought that an ...
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A. R. Wallace acquaintance afterwards Amazon animals Aru Islands beautiful beetles birds of paradise boys Brecknockshire brother butterflies called character collections colour Darwin delight England English fact father feet forest garden gave George Silk give Greenell half heard Hertford Hoddesdon hundred insects interesting island journey kind land letter lived Lombok London look Malacca Malay Archipelago miles Moluccas months mountain native Natural Selection nature nearly Neath never obtained origin of species paper parish perhaps plants portion Radnorshire remark remember Rio Negro river rock Sarawak seemed seen side Singapore Sir Charles sister sketch slope soon species stayed surveying Ternate thought Tidore tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood