A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... island was a mere waste , an uncultivated tract of woods and marshes , many species of birds || which now migrate remained with us throughout the year . The great heron and the crane , that have now forsaken this country , in former ...
... island was a mere waste , an uncultivated tract of woods and marshes , many species of birds || which now migrate remained with us throughout the year . The great heron and the crane , that have now forsaken this country , in former ...
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... islands of Banda , Sumatra , Java , the Molucca Islands , and the corresponding parts of the continent.2 Yet even here this animal seems not to have multiplied in any considerable degree , as we find one of the kings of Java making a ...
... islands of Banda , Sumatra , Java , the Molucca Islands , and the corresponding parts of the continent.2 Yet even here this animal seems not to have multiplied in any considerable degree , as we find one of the kings of Java making a ...
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... islands which they have assigned as their habitation . This reflection , too , invalidates the conjecture of Grant , that the dodo may yet be found on the coasts of some uninhabited islands . The only mode remaining of enabling us to ...
... islands which they have assigned as their habitation . This reflection , too , invalidates the conjecture of Grant , that the dodo may yet be found on the coasts of some uninhabited islands . The only mode remaining of enabling us to ...
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... island ; to dis- sipate all doubts as to its accuracy , however , it should be collated with a description taken from the Ashmolean specimen , should such be found to exist . The island of Rodrigue , or Diego Ruys , although seen by ...
... island ; to dis- sipate all doubts as to its accuracy , however , it should be collated with a description taken from the Ashmolean specimen , should such be found to exist . The island of Rodrigue , or Diego Ruys , although seen by ...
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... Islands , without glean- ing any further information relative to the Moa . 46 Mr. Colenso , after stating his reasons for believing that the Moa no longer exists , proceeds to inquire at what period of time it is probable the gigantic ...
... Islands , without glean- ing any further information relative to the Moa . 46 Mr. Colenso , after stating his reasons for believing that the Moa no longer exists , proceeds to inquire at what period of time it is probable the gigantic ...
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