Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Том 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Стр. 1930
... fact Mr. G. R. Gray has given the names as synonymous in his ' Genera of Birds , ' p . 83. This bird will pro- bably take its station in our lists as the Houbara ( Otis Houbara ) , or , among those who adopt sub - genera , as the ...
... fact Mr. G. R. Gray has given the names as synonymous in his ' Genera of Birds , ' p . 83. This bird will pro- bably take its station in our lists as the Houbara ( Otis Houbara ) , or , among those who adopt sub - genera , as the ...
Стр. 1932
... fact - naturalist , the in- quirer after truth , to dismiss without investigation . To advance such an opinion as this , -to admit the possibility of the existence of a sea- serpent in so enlightened an age as the nineteenth century ...
... fact - naturalist , the in- quirer after truth , to dismiss without investigation . To advance such an opinion as this , -to admit the possibility of the existence of a sea- serpent in so enlightened an age as the nineteenth century ...
Стр. 1934
... fact , being only as- sumed , does not touch the main question . Proceeding to Reptiles proper , and referring to the suggestion of an anonymous contributor to the Times , ' quoted by Dr. Cogswell ( Zool . 2321 , note ) , we find it ...
... fact , being only as- sumed , does not touch the main question . Proceeding to Reptiles proper , and referring to the suggestion of an anonymous contributor to the Times , ' quoted by Dr. Cogswell ( Zool . 2321 , note ) , we find it ...
Стр. 1959
... fact that in Spain birds are es- timated exclusively by size ; all distinctions between tough and tender , well and ill- flavoured are merged in the cocino ; and a woodcock upon table is known not to be a sparrowhawk only by the length ...
... fact that in Spain birds are es- timated exclusively by size ; all distinctions between tough and tender , well and ill- flavoured are merged in the cocino ; and a woodcock upon table is known not to be a sparrowhawk only by the length ...
Стр. 1963
... affected . I surmise this ; for I am not sure that I have unquestionable facts to fall back upon , from the occasional instances which occur in - our own land of premature nidification when the temperature Birds . 1963.
... affected . I surmise this ; for I am not sure that I have unquestionable facts to fall back upon , from the occasional instances which occur in - our own land of premature nidification when the temperature Birds . 1963.
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Abdomen abundant anal angle animal antennæ apex APHIS apical appearance April Argyromiges August basal base Battel beneath bird black-throated diver body breeding British brown captured cilia colour common costal spot dark Duponchel eggs extremity eyes fascia feet ferruginous fish flying frequently fuscous genus glaucous gull gray green ground gull habits HALICTUS Haworth head inches inner margin insect July June Kilda Kirby larvæ legs length Lepidoptera lines Lithocolletis Loch male Melitta metathorax middle naturalists nearly neighbourhood nervures nest nigro-piceous North Uist Northfleet observed Occurrence October pair pale fulvous pale yellow paler Palpi piceous plumage Posterior wings pubescence punctured rare red-throated diver remarkable resembles ring ouzel sea-serpent seen segments September shining shot side species specimens streak summer Swanscombe tail taken tarsi tegulæ Thorax tibiæ tree viviparous viviparous female white pubescence winter Wood young Zeller Zool Zoologist
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