The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 170
... remarkable for being extremely flattened from before backwards , and the projection called by Cuvier the third trochanter projects very much , forming a hook ascending towards a hook which descends from the projec- tion known as the ...
... remarkable for being extremely flattened from before backwards , and the projection called by Cuvier the third trochanter projects very much , forming a hook ascending towards a hook which descends from the projec- tion known as the ...
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... remarkable . Within the Argentine Republic alone we have an area of at least 555,700 square miles . The three " Platine Republics " cover nearly 1,400,000 square miles , and possess a population in all of less than three millions , or ...
... remarkable . Within the Argentine Republic alone we have an area of at least 555,700 square miles . The three " Platine Republics " cover nearly 1,400,000 square miles , and possess a population in all of less than three millions , or ...
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... remarkable of which are the wingless or struthious birds , of which the extinct moa and the living apteryx are the most remarkable representatives . There are also two species of cuckoo , both of which leave New Zealand in the winter ...
... remarkable of which are the wingless or struthious birds , of which the extinct moa and the living apteryx are the most remarkable representatives . There are also two species of cuckoo , both of which leave New Zealand in the winter ...
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