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... arranged or ac- curately defined in this voluminous compilation , which , although almost indispensable to the Orni- thologist , is so only because no better work exists . If some of the first Ornithologists of the present day would ...
... arranged or ac- curately defined in this voluminous compilation , which , although almost indispensable to the Orni- thologist , is so only because no better work exists . If some of the first Ornithologists of the present day would ...
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... arrangement , must ever hold a distin- guished place on the shelf of the philosophic Ornithologist . His descriptions may invariably be relied on , and the figures , though somewhat want- ing in finish , are always characteristic . It ...
... arrangement , must ever hold a distin- guished place on the shelf of the philosophic Ornithologist . His descriptions may invariably be relied on , and the figures , though somewhat want- ing in finish , are always characteristic . It ...
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... arrangement of birds , and to the value of the groups into which they have been divided . " - Zool . Journ . Taschenbuch der Deutschen Vögelkunde , and Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands , by Drs . Meyer and Wolf . Francfort . 1810 ...
... arrangement of birds , and to the value of the groups into which they have been divided . " - Zool . Journ . Taschenbuch der Deutschen Vögelkunde , and Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands , by Drs . Meyer and Wolf . Francfort . 1810 ...
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... whole zoological series , before arranged in a sim- ple chain , according to this system revolves in an almost infinite number of circles around man , from whom they may be said to degrade on all sides 30 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
... whole zoological series , before arranged in a sim- ple chain , according to this system revolves in an almost infinite number of circles around man , from whom they may be said to degrade on all sides 30 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
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... arranged on the principle of Cuvier and other modern Zoolo- gists . " It might perhaps almost be deemed pre- sumption to offer any remarks on a work emanating from the pen and pencil of undoubtedly the first Ornithologist of the day ...
... arranged on the principle of Cuvier and other modern Zoolo- gists . " It might perhaps almost be deemed pre- sumption to offer any remarks on a work emanating from the pen and pencil of undoubtedly the first Ornithologist of the day ...
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