Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or,. A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumHenry G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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... , tipped with verditer green ; at the nape of the neck a band of rich blue separating the purplish blue of the neck , from the green of the body ; wings rich b X deep blue , the greater coverts tipped with verditer. 12 ix.
... , tipped with verditer green ; at the nape of the neck a band of rich blue separating the purplish blue of the neck , from the green of the body ; wings rich b X deep blue , the greater coverts tipped with verditer. 12 ix.
Page x
... body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 23 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I cannot conclude ...
... body , 26 inches ; bill , from the gape to the tip , 23 ; from tip to posterior edge of the plate on the forehead , 3 inches ; wing , 8 ; tail , 31 ; tarsi , 3 ; middle toe , 3 ; nail , ; hind - toe , ; nail , . ' " I cannot conclude ...
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... body , and the chemical changes which it may have undergone in the mineral kingdom , have no necessary relation to its antiquity ; for in comparatively modern deposits fossil remains of animals and plants often have acquired a stony ...
... body , and the chemical changes which it may have undergone in the mineral kingdom , have no necessary relation to its antiquity ; for in comparatively modern deposits fossil remains of animals and plants often have acquired a stony ...
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... bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of ...
... bodies . Certain peculiar conditions in which animal and vegetable remains occur will be explained in the course of our investigations , as well as those indications of former beings observable on the surfaces of rocks and slabs of ...
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... bodies , having orbital motions through space , and which are occasionally drawn within the sphere of the earth's attrac- tion . Baron Humboldt states that " their direction and enormous velocity of projection render it more than ...
... bodies , having orbital motions through space , and which are occasionally drawn within the sphere of the earth's attrac- tion . Baron Humboldt states that " their direction and enormous velocity of projection render it more than ...
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