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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Page 30
... occurs in the Galapagos , although very closely allied to South American species . There remain 10 genera , all either American or peculiar to the Galapagos ; and on these we will remark in systematic order . 1. Mimus , the group of ...
... occurs in the Galapagos , although very closely allied to South American species . There remain 10 genera , all either American or peculiar to the Galapagos ; and on these we will remark in systematic order . 1. Mimus , the group of ...
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... occur in the archipelago , but not more than four in any one island . 6. Camarhynchus ( 6 sp . ) and 7. Cactornis ... occurring in seven of the islands . Albemarle island has but one definitely known species ; Chatham and Bindloe islands ...
... occur in the archipelago , but not more than four in any one island . 6. Camarhynchus ( 6 sp . ) and 7. Cactornis ... occurring in seven of the islands . Albemarle island has but one definitely known species ; Chatham and Bindloe islands ...
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... occur in all of them ; two others ( Geospiza strenua and Myiarchus magnirostris ) in five ; four ( Mimus melanotis , Geospiza fuliginosa , G. parvula , and Camarhynchus prosthemelas ) in four islands ; five ( Certhidea olivacea ...
... occur in all of them ; two others ( Geospiza strenua and Myiarchus magnirostris ) in five ; four ( Mimus melanotis , Geospiza fuliginosa , G. parvula , and Camarhynchus prosthemelas ) in four islands ; five ( Certhidea olivacea ...
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... occur in Chili ; while Enophrys is pecu- liar to La Plata , and Callorhinus to Patagonia , both belonging to the Colubrida . The Elapida do not extend into the tem- perate zone ; but Craspedocephalus , one of the Crotalidæ , occurs at ...
... occur in Chili ; while Enophrys is pecu- liar to La Plata , and Callorhinus to Patagonia , both belonging to the Colubrida . The Elapida do not extend into the tem- perate zone ; but Craspedocephalus , one of the Crotalidæ , occurs at ...
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... occur- rance , and that during the Miocene and Pliocene periods , they were separated by a wide arm of the sea . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united ...
... occur- rance , and that during the Miocene and Pliocene periods , they were separated by a wide arm of the sea . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united ...
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