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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Page 25
... latter ranging to the upland plains . The ant - thrushes ( Formi- cariidae ) on the other hand seem more abundant in the lowlands , many genera being peculiar to the Amazonian forests . The su- perb chatterers ( Cotingida ) also seem to ...
... latter ranging to the upland plains . The ant - thrushes ( Formi- cariidae ) on the other hand seem more abundant in the lowlands , many genera being peculiar to the Amazonian forests . The su- perb chatterers ( Cotingida ) also seem to ...
Page 34
... latter over 1000 miles of ocean . These groups of islands are both situated in stormy seas , and the immigrants are so numerous that hardly any specific change in the resident birds has taken place . The Galapagos receive no such annual ...
... latter over 1000 miles of ocean . These groups of islands are both situated in stormy seas , and the immigrants are so numerous that hardly any specific change in the resident birds has taken place . The Galapagos receive no such annual ...
Page 35
... latter , as well as the peculiar American mouse , have been early human importa- tions . Snakes are continually found on board native canoes . whose cabins are thatched with palm leaves ; and a few cen- turies would probably suffice to ...
... latter , as well as the peculiar American mouse , have been early human importa- tions . Snakes are continually found on board native canoes . whose cabins are thatched with palm leaves ; and a few cen- turies would probably suffice to ...
Page 36
... latter none at all . The remarkable absence of all gay or conspicuous flowers in these tropical islands , though possessing a zone of fairly luxuriant shrubby vegetation , and the dependence of this phe- nomenon on the extreme scarcity ...
... latter none at all . The remarkable absence of all gay or conspicuous flowers in these tropical islands , though possessing a zone of fairly luxuriant shrubby vegetation , and the dependence of this phe- nomenon on the extreme scarcity ...
Page 37
... latter very peculiar in its organization and sometimes placed in a dis- tinct family , are found only in La Plata and the highlands of Bolivia , and so belong to this sub - region . Otaria , one of the " eared seals " ( Otariida ) , is ...
... latter very peculiar in its organization and sometimes placed in a dis- tinct family , are found only in La Plata and the highlands of Bolivia , and so belong to this sub - region . Otaria , one of the " eared seals " ( Otariida ) , is ...
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