Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38 and 39: Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, Etc. Etc, Volume 2T. and W. Boone, 1964 - Natural history |
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Page 412
... specimens from different localities , as merely local varieties , and others regarding them as distinct ; and others again declaring that several specimens , which cabinet naturalists are in the habit of regarding as only accidental ...
... specimens from different localities , as merely local varieties , and others regarding them as distinct ; and others again declaring that several specimens , which cabinet naturalists are in the habit of regarding as only accidental ...
Page 440
... specimens have no visible pores ; these specimens differ from the others in being of a rather paler colour beneath . This state of the pores may entirely depend on the manner in which they were preserved , for all these specimens had a ...
... specimens have no visible pores ; these specimens differ from the others in being of a rather paler colour beneath . This state of the pores may entirely depend on the manner in which they were preserved , for all these specimens had a ...
Page 473
... specimens ( a female ) the abdomen is nearly entirely black , and the brown in both specimens is of the same rich deep shade that is found in the Papilio Polydorus . The abdomen may possibly be that of some other species , as the specimen ...
... specimens ( a female ) the abdomen is nearly entirely black , and the brown in both specimens is of the same rich deep shade that is found in the Papilio Polydorus . The abdomen may possibly be that of some other species , as the specimen ...
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aborigines acalepha amongst antennæ appeared APPENDIX barnacles beach blue body boyl-yas brown Capt Captain Grey caught Champion Bay circumstances coast colony colour commenced continent crabs dialect distance district elytra Europeans eyes female fire fish gelatinous animals genus Gould Gray Ann Grey halted head hills Hist Holland inch Inhab inhabitants insects islands Kaiber kangaroo King George's Sound land laws legs length margin miles Moore River natives NATURAL HISTORY nearly Ogilby onwards Overlanders pale party Perth portion prussian blue range round savage Scincus Scotophilus seen settlers Sharks Bay shell shew shields side South Australia southern spear species specimens spines spot Swan River tail tentaculæ tibiæ Tiliqua tion tree Van Diemen's Land Velella walked Western Australia whilst wings wives wood