Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page ix
... continents in past time , and the probable origin of many of the groups now characteristic of tropical or of temperate regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop ...
... continents in past time , and the probable origin of many of the groups now characteristic of tropical or of temperate regions . While discussing the general laws and phenomena of colour in the organic world , and its special develop ...
Page xiii
... Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The Australian Region - Summary and Conclusion pages 301-347 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . TROPICAL NATURE , CONTENTS . xiii.
... Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The Australian Region - Summary and Conclusion pages 301-347 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS . TROPICAL NATURE , CONTENTS . xiii.
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... continent within its limits . The Equatorial Forest - Belt and its Causes . - With but few and unimportant exceptions a great forest band from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles in width girdles the earth at the equator , clothing hill ...
... continent within its limits . The Equatorial Forest - Belt and its Causes . - With but few and unimportant exceptions a great forest band from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles in width girdles the earth at the equator , clothing hill ...
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... continent and are comparatively scarce . in South America . They also extend beyond the geographical tropics in China and Japan as well as in Northern India . It is however within the tropics and towards the equator that they attain ...
... continent and are comparatively scarce . in South America . They also extend beyond the geographical tropics in China and Japan as well as in Northern India . It is however within the tropics and towards the equator that they attain ...
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... continent with its adjacent islands ; and we shall therefore be obliged to deal for the most part with such large divisions as tribes and orders , by means of which to define the characteristics of tropical bird - life . We find that ...
... continent with its adjacent islands ; and we shall therefore be obliged to deal for the most part with such large divisions as tribes and orders , by means of which to define the characteristics of tropical bird - life . We find that ...
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