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... groups in French than in English , where the classification was framed by a French Naturalist , and have in many cases added the Latin or scien- tific terms , in order to point out how well the continental Naturalists have succeeded in ...
... groups in French than in English , where the classification was framed by a French Naturalist , and have in many cases added the Latin or scien- tific terms , in order to point out how well the continental Naturalists have succeeded in ...
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... groups are generally very 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 ...
... groups are generally very 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 ...
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... group leading through another , and passing into a third ; which of course only signifies that one group has an affinity to another ; and a species which connects two genera may be said to lead from one to the other . The chain of ...
... group leading through another , and passing into a third ; which of course only signifies that one group has an affinity to another ; and a species which connects two genera may be said to lead from one to the other . The chain of ...
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... 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. 2 vols . 8vo . An excellent and original work ...
... 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. 2 vols . 8vo . An excellent and original work ...
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... group and each species has a double affinity . Every one of the higher groups has a binary divi- sion , viz . the ... groups is composed . We cannot here explain the doctrine of analogy - which is wholly distinct from affinity , but ...
... group and each species has a double affinity . Every one of the higher groups has a binary divi- sion , viz . the ... groups is composed . We cannot here explain the doctrine of analogy - which is wholly distinct from affinity , but ...
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