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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... genus of Ardeid¿ , Palamedeid¿ , and Anatid¿ respectively . The preceding enumeration shows how very rich this sub - region THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS. 24 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... genus of Ardeid¿ , Palamedeid¿ , and Anatid¿ respectively . The preceding enumeration shows how very rich this sub - region THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS. 24 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . ous figure is the collared one of the handsomest of.
... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. THE PLAINS OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANIMALS . ous figure is the collared one of the handsomest of.
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... characteristic of the eastern districts than of the Andean ; while the opossums are perhaps equally plentiful in the Andes . The preceding facts of distribution lead us to conclude that the highlands of Brazil and of Guiana represent ...
... characteristic of the eastern districts than of the Andean ; while the opossums are perhaps equally plentiful in the Andes . The preceding facts of distribution lead us to conclude that the highlands of Brazil and of Guiana represent ...
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... Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological feature , and ...
... Characteristic Neotropical Birds .-- To illustrate the ornithology of South America we place our scene on one of the tributaries of the Upper Amazon , a district where this class of animals is the most prominent zoological feature , and ...
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... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
... Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface Alfred Russel Wallace. PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE OF THE UPPER AMAZON , WITH SOME CHARACTERISTIC BIRDS . PLATE XV . A FOREST SCENE ON THE UPPER AMAZON.
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