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
... Recent researches in the islands have increased the number of land - birds to thirty - two , and of wading and aquatic birds to twenty - three . All the land birds but two or three are peculiar to the islands , and eighteen , or ...
... Recent researches in the islands have increased the number of land - birds to thirty - two , and of wading and aquatic birds to twenty - three . All the land birds but two or three are peculiar to the islands , and eighteen , or ...
Page 39
... recent voyage of Professor Cunningham , and other sources ; and will be useful for com- parison . TURDIDE . 1. Turdus falklandicus . TROGLODYTIDÆ . 2. Troglodytes magellanicus . FRINGILLIDE . 3. Chrysomitris barbata . * 4 . Phrygilus ...
... recent voyage of Professor Cunningham , and other sources ; and will be useful for com- parison . TURDIDE . 1. Turdus falklandicus . TROGLODYTIDÆ . 2. Troglodytes magellanicus . FRINGILLIDE . 3. Chrysomitris barbata . * 4 . Phrygilus ...
Page 57
... recent 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 ...
... recent 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 ...
Page 58
... recent immigrants ; and it would perhaps be a more accurate representation of the facts , if we were to consider all ... recently formed a part . The long - continued separation of North and South America by one or more arms of the sea ...
... recent immigrants ; and it would perhaps be a more accurate representation of the facts , if we were to consider all ... recently formed a part . The long - continued separation of North and South America by one or more arms of the sea ...
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... recently investigated by Col. Grayson for some of the American Natural History societies . Tres Marias consist of four small islands lying off the coast of north - western Mexico , about 70 miles from San Blas . The largest is about 15 ...
... recently investigated by Col. Grayson for some of the American Natural History societies . Tres Marias consist of four small islands lying off the coast of north - western Mexico , about 70 miles from San Blas . The largest is about 15 ...
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