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... seen by reference to the 10th volume of the Society's Journal , * the collection of Mammals in the Society's Museum was meagre indeed , consisting only of some thirty specimens . How laboriously the new Curator set to work to develope ...
... seen by reference to the 10th volume of the Society's Journal , * the collection of Mammals in the Society's Museum was meagre indeed , consisting only of some thirty specimens . How laboriously the new Curator set to work to develope ...
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... seen in this country , the latter would appear to be the larger and finer animals , and quite as different as many similarly allied representative forms . The Tragulida as , in accordance with M. A. Milne - Edwards't views , we suppose ...
... seen in this country , the latter would appear to be the larger and finer animals , and quite as different as many similarly allied representative forms . The Tragulida as , in accordance with M. A. Milne - Edwards't views , we suppose ...
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... seen by reference to the long lists of donations and purchases given at the commencement of each volume of the catalogue . It has also been of the greatest service to the collection in another way -- we mean in enabling selections to be ...
... seen by reference to the long lists of donations and purchases given at the commencement of each volume of the catalogue . It has also been of the greatest service to the collection in another way -- we mean in enabling selections to be ...
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... seen our Chub and its representative of the Continent , will agree with him , that both are of the same species . But there is no fear that other Ichthyologists will allow such questions as these to remain unsettled for long . Dr. v ...
... seen our Chub and its representative of the Continent , will agree with him , that both are of the same species . But there is no fear that other Ichthyologists will allow such questions as these to remain unsettled for long . Dr. v ...
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... seen about spring , on the damp ground , near rivulets , which , from the circumstance of its being occasionally phosphorescent at night , has been regarded , since the middle ages , as having some connection with the shooting - stars ...
... seen about spring , on the damp ground , near rivulets , which , from the circumstance of its being occasionally phosphorescent at night , has been regarded , since the middle ages , as having some connection with the shooting - stars ...
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