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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... given short notices of the beautiful and expensive illustrative monographs of Vieillot , Desmarest , Lesson , and other French Naturalists , as it is only necessary , with regard to these , to state whether the plates are well or ill ...
... given short notices of the beautiful and expensive illustrative monographs of Vieillot , Desmarest , Lesson , and other French Naturalists , as it is only necessary , with regard to these , to state whether the plates are well or ill ...
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... given them . In works of this kind we have fre- quently given long extracts , which are certainly far better calculated to convey an idea of the spirit of the author than a dry abstract review . We have endeavoured to conduct the whole ...
... given them . In works of this kind we have fre- quently given long extracts , which are certainly far better calculated to convey an idea of the spirit of the author than a dry abstract review . We have endeavoured to conduct the whole ...
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... given a figure ( uncoloured ) of each bird described , but these are wholly destitute of merit . The young Ornithologist will do well to study this work with attention , but he must sift the true from the false matter , Synopsis ...
... given a figure ( uncoloured ) of each bird described , but these are wholly destitute of merit . The young Ornithologist will do well to study this work with attention , but he must sift the true from the false matter , Synopsis ...
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... given , as far as practica- ble , drawn and coloured from Nature , or carefully selected from the most accurate authors , such as Edwards , Gould , Selby , Audubon , & c . - See the Supplement . Synopsis of British Birds , by John ...
... given , as far as practica- ble , drawn and coloured from Nature , or carefully selected from the most accurate authors , such as Edwards , Gould , Selby , Audubon , & c . - See the Supplement . Synopsis of British Birds , by John ...
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... given ; these are " engraved from the subjects themselves , " and are generally accurate , especially when we consider that the work appeared forty years ago . A specimen of the egg of each species is also figured , but these are often ...
... given ; these are " engraved from the subjects themselves , " and are generally accurate , especially when we consider that the work appeared forty years ago . A specimen of the egg of each species is also figured , but these are often ...
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