British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times: With Some Account of British Wild White CattleTrübner and Company, 1880 - 258 pages |
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... Head , Eastcheap THE WOLF Skull of Wolf . Cranium of Wolf . · Upper Surface · Cranium of Wolf . Teeth of Wolf . Under Surface Natural Size . Wolf hunt . Sixteenth century Irish Wolf - hound Ancient Hunting Horn · The Relay Skull of Wild ...
... Head , Eastcheap THE WOLF Skull of Wolf . Cranium of Wolf . · Upper Surface · Cranium of Wolf . Teeth of Wolf . Under Surface Natural Size . Wolf hunt . Sixteenth century Irish Wolf - hound Ancient Hunting Horn · The Relay Skull of Wild ...
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... Head, Eastcheap 1 1 1 The Wolf 115 Skull of Wolf 117 Cranium of Wolf. Upper Surface 1 20 Cranium of Wolf . Under Surface 121 Teeth of Wolf. Natural Size 123 Wolf hunt. Sixteenth century 151 Irish Wolf-hound 188 Ancient Hunting Horn 205 ...
... Head, Eastcheap 1 1 1 The Wolf 115 Skull of Wolf 117 Cranium of Wolf. Upper Surface 1 20 Cranium of Wolf . Under Surface 121 Teeth of Wolf. Natural Size 123 Wolf hunt. Sixteenth century 151 Irish Wolf-hound 188 Ancient Hunting Horn 205 ...
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... head , " another evidence of their former existence in our country . Our illustrious countryman , John Ray , in his " Synopsis Methodica Animalium " ( a small octavo volume , published in 1693 ) , tells us ( pp . 213 , 214 ) that his ...
... head , " another evidence of their former existence in our country . Our illustrious countryman , John Ray , in his " Synopsis Methodica Animalium " ( a small octavo volume , published in 1693 ) , tells us ( pp . 213 , 214 ) that his ...
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... heads on his banner , is altogether a fallacy . Reference to a copy of the original Latin MS . from which the translation quoted by Pennant was made ( preserved in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh ) shows that the animal killed was a ...
... heads on his banner , is altogether a fallacy . Reference to a copy of the original Latin MS . from which the translation quoted by Pennant was made ( preserved in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh ) shows that the animal killed was a ...
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... heads , a scanty covering of underwood com- mences half way down , which , increasing as it descends , intermixed ... head of a deep pool in the river Conway , in old times frequented by those animals . " He adds , " One part of Nant ...
... heads , a scanty covering of underwood com- mences half way down , which , increasing as it descends , intermixed ... head of a deep pool in the river Conway , in old times frequented by those animals . " He adds , " One part of Nant ...
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