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... short in stature , and seem to be a cross between the Esquimaux and the other Indians . ( Portlock's Voyage Round the World . ) PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND . [ PENANG . ] PRINCE'S METAL , or Prince Rupert's Metal , an alloy of copper and ...
... short in stature , and seem to be a cross between the Esquimaux and the other Indians . ( Portlock's Voyage Round the World . ) PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND . [ PENANG . ] PRINCE'S METAL , or Prince Rupert's Metal , an alloy of copper and ...
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... short preface , verses by Halley in honour of Newton , definitions , axioms , a first book on unresisted motion , a second on resisted motion , and a third on the system of the universe . Halley's verses were somewhat altered by Bentley ...
... short preface , verses by Halley in honour of Newton , definitions , axioms , a first book on unresisted motion , a second on resisted motion , and a third on the system of the universe . Halley's verses were somewhat altered by Bentley ...
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... short and rapid flights , and has received its native name from its lively and pleasant notes . ( Horsf . Mr. Swainson ( Classification of Birds ) thinks that Prinia may be a subordinate type or subgenus of Drymvica . [ SYLVIADE ] He ...
... short and rapid flights , and has received its native name from its lively and pleasant notes . ( Horsf . Mr. Swainson ( Classification of Birds ) thinks that Prinia may be a subordinate type or subgenus of Drymvica . [ SYLVIADE ] He ...
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... short , rounded . Tail lengthened , cuneated . Feet gressorial , as in Merops . ( Sw . ) Mr. Swainson ( Classification of Birds ) remarks that every writer since the days of Linnæus ( who at first actu- ally classed them in the same ...
... short , rounded . Tail lengthened , cuneated . Feet gressorial , as in Merops . ( Sw . ) Mr. Swainson ( Classification of Birds ) remarks that every writer since the days of Linnæus ( who at first actu- ally classed them in the same ...
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... short and round , the body long , and the legs short From these facts it appears more natural to associate this singular animal with the present group ( Feline ) than with the Gennet family ; inasmuch as although it wears the aspect and ...
... short and round , the body long , and the legs short From these facts it appears more natural to associate this singular animal with the present group ( Feline ) than with the Gennet family ; inasmuch as although it wears the aspect and ...
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