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... Animal ) the plates , 274 in number , are " mediocres ou mauvaises . " Natural History of Carolina , Florida , and the Bahama Islands , by Mark Catesby . 1731 , folio . 2 vols . This work is of great use to the Ornithologist ...
... Animal ) the plates , 274 in number , are " mediocres ou mauvaises . " Natural History of Carolina , Florida , and the Bahama Islands , by Mark Catesby . 1731 , folio . 2 vols . This work is of great use to the Ornithologist ...
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... animals , but the amiable author appears to have paid most attention to the feathered tribes , and we think the volume might almost be termed " Sketches of the Ornithology of Selborne . " The Natural History of Selborne has passed ...
... animals , but the amiable author appears to have paid most attention to the feathered tribes , and we think the volume might almost be termed " Sketches of the Ornithology of Selborne . " The Natural History of Selborne has passed ...
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... Animal , distribué d'après son Organisa- tion , par G. Cuvier . Paris . 1817. 4 vols . 8vo . The Règne Animal is the only systematic work since the Systema Nature , which includes the whole range of Zoology . The zoological system of ...
... Animal , distribué d'après son Organisa- tion , par G. Cuvier . Paris . 1817. 4 vols . 8vo . The Règne Animal is the only systematic work since the Systema Nature , which includes the whole range of Zoology . The zoological system of ...
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... Animals . New Edition . London , 1818. Sm . 8vo . This volume is entirely compiled , and ranks very low even as a compilation , being full of the most flagrant errors , of which the following may be taken as a sample : - " The Hedge ...
... Animals . New Edition . London , 1818. Sm . 8vo . This volume is entirely compiled , and ranks very low even as a compilation , being full of the most flagrant errors , of which the following may be taken as a sample : - " The Hedge ...
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... Animals . Illustrated by Short Histories and Anecdotes ; and intended to afford a Popular View of the Linnĉan System . For the use of Schools . By the Rev. W. Bingley , A.M. London . 1814 . Animal Biography , or Popular Zoology ; Illus ...
... Animals . Illustrated by Short Histories and Anecdotes ; and intended to afford a Popular View of the Linnĉan System . For the use of Schools . By the Rev. W. Bingley , A.M. London . 1814 . Animal Biography , or Popular Zoology ; Illus ...
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