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yet not fully explored , and in regard of so typical an American avian group as
Trochilidae ( hummingbirds ) Central America boasts of 89 different type -
localities ( or ca . 12 . 5 % of the entire family ) in a range insignificant by mileage
...
yet not fully explored , and in regard of so typical an American avian group as
Trochilidae ( hummingbirds ) Central America boasts of 89 different type -
localities ( or ca . 12 . 5 % of the entire family ) in a range insignificant by mileage
...
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examples illustrate an interplay taking place essentially among three different
centers , namely : i ) The ancient core of Central America ( Central Nicaragua to
Southern Mexico ) ; ii ) The immediate approaches of Ecuador and Peru ( i . e .
examples illustrate an interplay taking place essentially among three different
centers , namely : i ) The ancient core of Central America ( Central Nicaragua to
Southern Mexico ) ; ii ) The immediate approaches of Ecuador and Peru ( i . e .
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Mimus , American Jays , etc . ) . These considerations stressing the Caribbeans
an an important center of picid life in general , and Central America as the
meeting ground of northern and southern Colaptes , contain a clear suggestion
that the ...
Mimus , American Jays , etc . ) . These considerations stressing the Caribbeans
an an important center of picid life in general , and Central America as the
meeting ground of northern and southern Colaptes , contain a clear suggestion
that the ...
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