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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Página 74
... writer , and this we consider to be the chief fault of his Feathered Tribes , the system of Cuvier being now almost as bygone as that of Linnæus , and , as a whole , it has far less merit . ( See p . 29. ) Century of Birds from the ...
... writer , and this we consider to be the chief fault of his Feathered Tribes , the system of Cuvier being now almost as bygone as that of Linnæus , and , as a whole , it has far less merit . ( See p . 29. ) Century of Birds from the ...
Página 154
... writer to adopt the classifica- tion he thinks best , as in Partington's Cyclopædia , must be obvious to every one . If the same system is not adhered to throughout , it would be far better to leave out classification altogether , as ...
... writer to adopt the classifica- tion he thinks best , as in Partington's Cyclopædia , must be obvious to every one . If the same system is not adhered to throughout , it would be far better to leave out classification altogether , as ...
Página 164
... writers on Ornithology , and has caused great con- fusion , and a consequent incorrect multiplication , of species . The gradual increase of knowledge , in this , as well as other branches of Zoology , and the labour of several recent ...
... writers on Ornithology , and has caused great con- fusion , and a consequent incorrect multiplication , of species . The gradual increase of knowledge , in this , as well as other branches of Zoology , and the labour of several recent ...
Página 194
... writer has made an interesting chapter of it , though not a very complete catalogue , and , with all our respect and esteem for the highly - gifted author , we find it our duty to observe , that truth- and justice has occasionally been ...
... writer has made an interesting chapter of it , though not a very complete catalogue , and , with all our respect and esteem for the highly - gifted author , we find it our duty to observe , that truth- and justice has occasionally been ...
Página 195
... writer , are not new , but , on the contrary , have the advantage of priority ; yet we do not clearly perceive the end that is attained by changing names now established by long usage , and which , moreover , are intrinsically ...
... writer , are not new , but , on the contrary , have the advantage of priority ; yet we do not clearly perceive the end that is attained by changing names now established by long usage , and which , moreover , are intrinsically ...
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