The Ornithologist's Text-book: Being Reviews of Ornithological Works : with an Appendix Containing Discussions on Various Topics of InterestJ.W. Parker, 1836 - 239 páginas |
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... order , and were mostly unknown species . The plates are coloured , and , though somewhat coarse , have a life and character which has perhaps not been surpassed even at the present day . The whole of the figures are drawn and engraved ...
... order , and were mostly unknown species . The plates are coloured , and , though somewhat coarse , have a life and character which has perhaps not been surpassed even at the present day . The whole of the figures are drawn and engraved ...
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... with errors in every page , which the Editor has taken little or no pains to correct ; nor , indeed , would this be an easy matter , as the whole work must be entirely re - written , in order to 16 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
... with errors in every page , which the Editor has taken little or no pains to correct ; nor , indeed , would this be an easy matter , as the whole work must be entirely re - written , in order to 16 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
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... order to purge it of its numerous errors . Vol . IV is devoted to Orni- thology . Harmonia Ruralis , or Natural History of British Song Birds , by James Bolton . folio . 1794 . The descriptions in this work are tolerably accu- rate ...
... order to purge it of its numerous errors . Vol . IV is devoted to Orni- thology . Harmonia Ruralis , or Natural History of British Song Birds , by James Bolton . folio . 1794 . The descriptions in this work are tolerably accu- rate ...
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... Orders and Families of Birds , " by N. A. Vigors , Esq . The latter may be considered an explanation of the Quinary System , discovered by Macleay in 1818. This system is undoubtedly the most natural which has yet been propounded , and ...
... Orders and Families of Birds , " by N. A. Vigors , Esq . The latter may be considered an explanation of the Quinary System , discovered by Macleay in 1818. This system is undoubtedly the most natural which has yet been propounded , and ...
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... orders , tribes , families , subfamilies , and genera , are given in a concise and clear manner , which is indeed indispensable in a system so complicated as the Quinary . The author has evidently a full know- ledge of the system he ...
... orders , tribes , families , subfamilies , and genera , are given in a concise and clear manner , which is indeed indispensable in a system so complicated as the Quinary . The author has evidently a full know- ledge of the system he ...
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