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, &c., &c, Volume 2 |
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Page 333
... genus id fuisse videtur , quo apud Xenophontem Cyrus utitur ; redditur enim terræ corpus , et ita locatum ac situm , quasi operimento matris obducitur . " - De Legibus , xi . 66 . hole is then filled with earth . Green boughs are.
... genus id fuisse videtur , quo apud Xenophontem Cyrus utitur ; redditur enim terræ corpus , et ita locatum ac situm , quasi operimento matris obducitur . " - De Legibus , xi . 66 . hole is then filled with earth . Green boughs are.
Page 407
... genus from the other Phalangers , from which it differs in many of its habits . No. 38. Hepoona Cookii . - Specimens from the same locality differ from one another in the extent of the white on the tail , in the darkness of the colour ...
... genus from the other Phalangers , from which it differs in many of its habits . No. 38. Hepoona Cookii . - Specimens from the same locality differ from one another in the extent of the white on the tail , in the darkness of the colour ...
Page 408
... genus . No. 40. Petaurista leucogaster , may only be a variety of P. Taguanoides . No. 42. Petaurus macrourus . - This species is only known from the figures of Dr. Shaw . They have a specimen of a young Petaurista Taguanoides , under ...
... genus . No. 40. Petaurista leucogaster , may only be a variety of P. Taguanoides . No. 42. Petaurus macrourus . - This species is only known from the figures of Dr. Shaw . They have a specimen of a young Petaurista Taguanoides , under ...
Page 410
... genus Petaurus , is also found in New South Wales , but not in the Island of Van Diemen's Land and the rest of the continent , but one of the species living there is also said to be an inhabitant of Nor- folk Island , where it may ...
... genus Petaurus , is also found in New South Wales , but not in the Island of Van Diemen's Land and the rest of the continent , but one of the species living there is also said to be an inhabitant of Nor- folk Island , where it may ...
Page 411
... genus , allied to the Australian animals , as is the case with the tree kangaroos ( Dendrolegus ) and the Pha- langers ( Cuscus ) of that country . We have a specimen of the Halmaturus in the British Museum , from the Leyden col ...
... genus , allied to the Australian animals , as is the case with the tree kangaroos ( Dendrolegus ) and the Pha- langers ( Cuscus ) of that country . We have a specimen of the Halmaturus in the British Museum , from the Leyden col ...
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