 writes that the greater number not only of the species, but even of the genera " are peculiar and wholly restricted to these islands. It is, of course, among the smaller land-birds (Passeres) that this individuality is most marked; but even in the other...  The Geography of Mammals - Página 49por William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater - 1899 - 335 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Richard Lydekker - 1896 - 422 páginas
...area, Mr WL Sclater ' writes that the greater number not only of the species, but even of the genera " are peculiar and wholly restricted to these islands....wider, the Hawaiian birds are, in many cases, local." Poverty, and an admixture of Australian and Malayan types, with a very marked preponderance of the... | |
 | Richard Lydekker - 1896 - 426 páginas
...area, Mr WL Sclater ' writes that the greater number not only of the species, but even of the genera "are peculiar and wholly restricted to these islands....wider, the Hawaiian birds are, in many cases, local." Poverty, and an admixture of Australian and Malayan types, with a very marked preponderance of the... | |
 | 1894 - 688 páginas
...iu order to gain some idea as to the composition of the Hawaiian fauna, show extreme specialization. The greater number, not only of the species but even...We shall, however, be able to form a better general idea upon this subject when Mr. Scott Wilson's new work on the Hawaiian Avifauna (16), now in process... | |
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