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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... coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near Ceara ) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Roque the coast - forests of Brazil commence , extending to lat . 30 ° S. , clothing all ...
... coast of Brazil is a tract of open country , in some parts of which ( as near Ceara ) rain does not fall for years together ; but south of Cape St. Roque the coast - forests of Brazil commence , extending to lat . 30 ° S. , clothing all ...
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... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which ...
... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which ...
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... coast of Brazil , are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special ...
... coast of Brazil , are the only Atlantic islands somewhat remote from land ; while the Galapagos Archi- pelago in the Pacific is the only group whose productions have been carefully examined , or which present features of special ...
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... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which ...
... coast or on that of Chili a little further south , or to peculiar genera allied to South American forms . The only species not peculiar are , Dolichonyx oryzivorus , a bird of very wide range in America and of migratory habits , which ...
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... coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but unfortunately our knowledge of the different islands . is so unequal and of ...
... coast of America . It has been already stated that some of the islands possess peculiar species of birds distinct from the allied forms in other islands , but unfortunately our knowledge of the different islands . is so unequal and of ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belong birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Hemisphere Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region PALEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand