The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: The class Aves, with specific descriptions, by E. Griffith and E. Pidgeon; the additional species inserted in the text of Cuvier by J. E. Gray. 1829G. B. Whittaker, 1829 |
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... remarkable muscular apparatus , is able to cover the front of the eye like a curtain . The cornea is very convex , but the cristalline is flat , and the vitreous humour small . The ear of birds has but one little bone between 6 CLASS AVES .
... remarkable muscular apparatus , is able to cover the front of the eye like a curtain . The cornea is very convex , but the cristalline is flat , and the vitreous humour small . The ear of birds has but one little bone between 6 CLASS AVES .
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... remarkable by the ca- runcles which surmount the membrane at the base of the beak . This is as large as the last , but the nos- trils are oval and longitudinal . These are the Sarco- ramphus of Duméril , Gypagus of Vieillot , and a part ...
... remarkable by the ca- runcles which surmount the membrane at the base of the beak . This is as large as the last , but the nos- trils are oval and longitudinal . These are the Sarco- ramphus of Duméril , Gypagus of Vieillot , and a part ...
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... remarkable , than the Syrnii . They have crests . That which is known by thick legs feathered to the nails , is The Great Horned Owl . ( St. Bubo ) , Enl . 434 , Frisch . 94 . The largest of the night birds ; yellow , with brown ...
... remarkable , than the Syrnii . They have crests . That which is known by thick legs feathered to the nails , is The Great Horned Owl . ( St. Bubo ) , Enl . 434 , Frisch . 94 . The largest of the night birds ; yellow , with brown ...
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... the Bubo . Some are remarkable by a long , wedge - shaped tail . They have the toes very feathery , and are called Hawk Owl , the Surnia ( Dumeril ) . It ORDER ACCIPITRES . 77 above, the yellow underneath the crests are nearly ...
... the Bubo . Some are remarkable by a long , wedge - shaped tail . They have the toes very feathery , and are called Hawk Owl , the Surnia ( Dumeril ) . It ORDER ACCIPITRES . 77 above, the yellow underneath the crests are nearly ...
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... remarkable for the period in which it was written , contains very just notions concerning the analogy of structure between the birds and mammalia , more especially in his comparisons of the skeletons . The divisions of chapters in his ...
... remarkable for the period in which it was written , contains very just notions concerning the analogy of structure between the birds and mammalia , more especially in his comparisons of the skeletons . The divisions of chapters in his ...
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