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... genera , which were altered by the great Swede , are now again introduced exactly as restricted by the former author . The descriptions of the habits of birds in this work are full and generally exact ; but are occasionally besprinkled ...
... genera , which were altered by the great Swede , are now again introduced exactly as restricted by the former author . The descriptions of the habits of birds in this work are full and generally exact ; but are occasionally besprinkled ...
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... genera Coccothraustes ( Grosbeak ) , Pyrrhula ( Coalhood ) , and Crucirostra ( Crossbill ) , but it was of singular use at that time , and has done much to advance the science . Linnæus may be considered the father of modern Naturalists ...
... genera Coccothraustes ( Grosbeak ) , Pyrrhula ( Coalhood ) , and Crucirostra ( Crossbill ) , but it was of singular use at that time , and has done much to advance the science . Linnæus may be considered the father of modern Naturalists ...
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... Genera of Birds , 4to . 1781 , by T. Pennant . This compilation scarcely requires a notice , Pennant's genera being those of Willughby . Arctic Zoology , by T. Pennant , 3 vols . , 4to . 1792 . These volumes contain much interesting ...
... Genera of Birds , 4to . 1781 , by T. Pennant . This compilation scarcely requires a notice , Pennant's genera being those of Willughby . Arctic Zoology , by T. Pennant , 3 vols . , 4to . 1792 . These volumes contain much interesting ...
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... genera . Index Ornithologicus , by J. Latham , M.D. London . 1790. 2 vols . 4to . This is a list of all the birds then known , and is a useful work for reference . General History of Birds ; by J. Latham , M.D. Winchester . 1821-4 . 10 ...
... genera . Index Ornithologicus , by J. Latham , M.D. London . 1790. 2 vols . 4to . This is a list of all the birds then known , and is a useful work for reference . General History of Birds ; by J. Latham , M.D. Winchester . 1821-4 . 10 ...
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... genera are neither judiciously 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 ...
... genera are neither judiciously 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 ...
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