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... Lesson , and other French Naturalists , as it is only necessary , with regard to these , to state whether the plates are well or ill executed , and whether the descriptions are accurate . But such works as PREFACE. ...
... Lesson , and other French Naturalists , as it is only necessary , with regard to these , to state whether the plates are well or ill executed , and whether the descriptions are accurate . But such works as PREFACE. ...
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... accurate . But such works as Mudie's Feathered Tribes of the British Islands , Selby's Illustrations of British Ornitho- logy , Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary , and others of this class , require a considerably more minute analysis ...
... accurate . But such works as Mudie's Feathered Tribes of the British Islands , Selby's Illustrations of British Ornitho- logy , Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary , and others of this class , require a considerably more minute analysis ...
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... accurately de- fined . It contains one or two very flagrant errors , * When we have occasion to mention works which treat of Natural History generally , we shall of course only criticise the ornithological department . as the classing ...
... accurately de- fined . It contains one or two very flagrant errors , * When we have occasion to mention works which treat of Natural History generally , we shall of course only criticise the ornithological department . as the classing ...
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... accuracy of the figures - which are coloured , and two hundred in number - and descriptions . A second edition appeared in 1771 , edited by Edwards , the author of a well known work on birds . Vorstellung der Vögel . Frisch . 1739-63 ...
... accuracy of the figures - which are coloured , and two hundred in number - and descriptions . A second edition appeared in 1771 , edited by Edwards , the author of a well known work on birds . Vorstellung der Vögel . Frisch . 1739-63 ...
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... accurate authors , such as Edwards , Gould , Selby , Audubon , & c . - See the Supplement . Synopsis of British Birds , by John Walcot , Esq . London . 4to . 1789 . This work is scarcely deserving of notice , both figures and ...
... accurate authors , such as Edwards , Gould , Selby , Audubon , & c . - See the Supplement . Synopsis of British Birds , by John Walcot , Esq . London . 4to . 1789 . This work is scarcely deserving of notice , both figures and ...
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