The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise : a Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and NatureHarper & Brother, 1885 - 638 páginas |
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... allied to Aus- tralia . I term these respectively the Indo - Malayan , and the Austro - Malayan divisions of the Archipelago . ( See Physical Map . ) On referring to pages 12 , 13 , and 36 of Mr. Earl's pam- phlet , it will be seen that ...
... allied to Aus- tralia . I term these respectively the Indo - Malayan , and the Austro - Malayan divisions of the Archipelago . ( See Physical Map . ) On referring to pages 12 , 13 , and 36 of Mr. Earl's pam- phlet , it will be seen that ...
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... allied species of Java , the wild cattle of Borneo and the kind long supposed to be peculiar to Java , are now all known to inhabit some part or other of Southern Asia . None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the ...
... allied species of Java , the wild cattle of Borneo and the kind long supposed to be peculiar to Java , are now all known to inhabit some part or other of Southern Asia . None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the ...
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... allied groups , and in the tropics are exceedingly numerous and varied , often swarming upon dead timber , so that I sometimes obtained fifty or sixty different . kinds in a day . My Bornean collections of this group ex- ceeded five ...
... allied groups , and in the tropics are exceedingly numerous and varied , often swarming upon dead timber , so that I sometimes obtained fifty or sixty different . kinds in a day . My Bornean collections of this group ex- ceeded five ...
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... allied species to pass through the air like the flying lizard . It would appear to be a new species of the genus Rhacophorus , which consists of several frogs of a much smaller size than this , and having the webs of the toes less ...
... allied species to pass through the air like the flying lizard . It would appear to be a new species of the genus Rhacophorus , which consists of several frogs of a much smaller size than this , and having the webs of the toes less ...
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... allied yet distinct forms - that , in the latter part of the tertiary period , Europe was inhabited by bears , deer , wolves , and cats ; Australia by kangaroos and other Marsu- pials ; South America by gigantic sloths and ant - eaters ...
... allied yet distinct forms - that , in the latter part of the tertiary period , Europe was inhabited by bears , deer , wolves , and cats ; Australia by kangaroos and other Marsu- pials ; South America by gigantic sloths and ant - eaters ...
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abundant Alfuros allied Amboyna animal Archipelago Aru Islands Australia bamboo Batchian beautiful beetles birds of paradise boat Borneo Bouru brought Bugis butterflies Celebes Ceram chief close coast coffee collections color coral cultivated curious district Dutch Dyaks east European feathers feet high forest fruit Galela genus Gilolo ground Guinea hills hundred inches inhabitants insects island Java Javanese land leaves Lombock luxuriant Macassar Malacca Malay Malay Archipelago Malay race male Menado mias miles Moluccas morning mountain Mysol native never night obtained orang Papilio Papuan paradise birds passed peculiar plants plumage Portuguese praus produce race Rajah rare reached resembling rice river rock scarce seems seen side skin soon species specimens spot staid stay stream Sumatra tail Ternate thing Tidore Timor tion trees tropical vegetation village volcanic Waigiou walk whole wind wings
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