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... genus a French generic appellation , to which British Naturalists have hitherto paid little or no attention . In the Supplement we have thrown together some hints for the formation of what would , in our estimation , form a complete ...
... genus a French generic appellation , to which British Naturalists have hitherto paid little or no attention . In the Supplement we have thrown together some hints for the formation of what would , in our estimation , form a complete ...
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... genus is figured ( by Mrs. Griffith ) , but these also , we are sorry to say , are almost without exception copied from other works , with but little care in the selec- tion . The last volume appeared in 1826 , with a synopsis of the ...
... genus is figured ( by Mrs. Griffith ) , but these also , we are sorry to say , are almost without exception copied from other works , with but little care in the selec- tion . The last volume appeared in 1826 , with a synopsis of the ...
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... genus , with scientific details of each . The wood - cuts are ge- nerally well executed and original . These works will always remain favorites with the public , on account of the vast fund of anecdote which they contain , and from ...
... genus , with scientific details of each . The wood - cuts are ge- nerally well executed and original . These works will always remain favorites with the public , on account of the vast fund of anecdote which they contain , and from ...
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... genus , because the student has no occasion to look beyond the table before him : he need not trouble himself about affinities or ana- logies , for he has merely to see what peculiar cha- racter his specimen has , and what it has not ...
... genus , because the student has no occasion to look beyond the table before him : he need not trouble himself about affinities or ana- logies , for he has merely to see what peculiar cha- racter his specimen has , and what it has not ...
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... genus Sylvia of Latham the Common Wren and Goldcrested Kinglet . The descriptions of habits , nidification , & c . , are sufficiently full for a systematic work , and always correct . In this edition only the land birds were described ...
... genus Sylvia of Latham the Common Wren and Goldcrested Kinglet . The descriptions of habits , nidification , & c . , are sufficiently full for a systematic work , and always correct . In this edition only the land birds were described ...
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