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 35
... probably , as the earliest birds ; and the same powers of dispersal have spread them over every island . The two American genera of lizards , and the tortoises , are perhaps later immigrants . Latest of all were the snakes , which ...
... probably , as the earliest birds ; and the same powers of dispersal have spread them over every island . The two American genera of lizards , and the tortoises , are perhaps later immigrants . Latest of all were the snakes , which ...
Page 37
... probably forming a distinct genus , which has been named Tremarctos . Four genera of Octo- dontidae are also peculiar to this sub - region , or almost so ; Habro- comus ( 1 sp . ) is Chilian ; Spalacopus ( 2 sp . ) is found in Chili and ...
... probably forming a distinct genus , which has been named Tremarctos . Four genera of Octo- dontidae are also peculiar to this sub - region , or almost so ; Habro- comus ( 1 sp . ) is Chilian ; Spalacopus ( 2 sp . ) is found in Chili and ...
Page 45
... probably forest - covered country . If , then , a further considerable elevation of the land took place , a large temperate and cold area would be formed , without any suitable insect inhabitants . During the necessarily slow pro- cess ...
... probably forest - covered country . If , then , a further considerable elevation of the land took place , a large temperate and cold area would be formed , without any suitable insect inhabitants . During the necessarily slow pro- cess ...
Page 49
... probably one of the American genera Hesperomys or Reithrodon , Sixty - seven species of Birds have been obtained in these islands , but only 18 are land - birds ; and even of these 7 are birds of prey , leaving only 11 Passeres . The ...
... probably one of the American genera Hesperomys or Reithrodon , Sixty - seven species of Birds have been obtained in these islands , but only 18 are land - birds ; and even of these 7 are birds of prey , leaving only 11 Passeres . The ...
Page 54
... probably one of the richest ornithological districts on the globe . Reptiles . These are much less known than the preceding classes , but they afford several peculiar and interesting forms . Snakes are perhaps the least remarkable ; yet ...
... probably one of the richest ornithological districts on the globe . Reptiles . These are much less known than the preceding classes , but they afford several peculiar and interesting forms . Snakes are perhaps the least remarkable ; yet ...
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