Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 261
... inhabits Jamaica , 1 while another , the largest of its group , is found in Mexico.2 Cuba has two of the same genus whose colours are of surpassing brilliancy ; while the fine genus Clothilda - confined to the Antilles and Central ...
... inhabits Jamaica , 1 while another , the largest of its group , is found in Mexico.2 Cuba has two of the same genus whose colours are of surpassing brilliancy ; while the fine genus Clothilda - confined to the Antilles and Central ...
Page 310
... inhabit the depths of the forests , are almost as strictly confined to their respective countries by even a narrow arm of the sea as are the majority of the mammalia . This sketch of the mode in which the various kinds of islands have ...
... inhabit the depths of the forests , are almost as strictly confined to their respective countries by even a narrow arm of the sea as are the majority of the mammalia . This sketch of the mode in which the various kinds of islands have ...
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