Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume 2John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Natural history |
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... variety of very interesting details will be found on this part of the subject . We hope the time may not be far distant when a mu- seum , a library , a botanic garden , and a school institution will be * formed in every parish . Finding ...
... variety of very interesting details will be found on this part of the subject . We hope the time may not be far distant when a mu- seum , a library , a botanic garden , and a school institution will be * formed in every parish . Finding ...
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... Variety of the moor buzzard 102 32. The woodcock 146 18. Epipactis latifolia 34. The solitary snipe 147 81. Pinguicula vulgàris 70 293 36. The common snipe 147 CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANT . 38. Jack snipe 148 54. Bearded titmouse 222 47 , 48 ...
... Variety of the moor buzzard 102 32. The woodcock 146 18. Epipactis latifolia 34. The solitary snipe 147 81. Pinguicula vulgàris 70 293 36. The common snipe 147 CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANT . 38. Jack snipe 148 54. Bearded titmouse 222 47 , 48 ...
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... , by means of extended portions of their skin , which can rarely claim a title to be called fins . The cuttle - fish and slug are 22 Natural History of Molluscous Animals : — Variety of the moor buzzard 102 Gibbs, Humphrey G.
... , by means of extended portions of their skin , which can rarely claim a title to be called fins . The cuttle - fish and slug are 22 Natural History of Molluscous Animals : — Variety of the moor buzzard 102 Gibbs, Humphrey G.
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... variety in the shelled species you are now familiar . At the first glance , you might suppose that such creatures can be productive neither of much benefit nor much injury to man ; but a little detail will convince you that this would ...
... variety in the shelled species you are now familiar . At the first glance , you might suppose that such creatures can be productive neither of much benefit nor much injury to man ; but a little detail will convince you that this would ...
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... variety and strangely dispersed throughout the western side of the island . The Dudley lime is considered by geologists to be transition lime- stone , and from its immediate vicinity to the trap rocks of Rowley , it is reasonable to ...
... variety and strangely dispersed throughout the western side of the island . The Dudley lime is considered by geologists to be transition lime- stone , and from its immediate vicinity to the trap rocks of Rowley , it is reasonable to ...
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