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. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 151
... species of animal 0.5 in . in length ; the lower part of a species of Diphyes , which had been caught on the 12th and 13th of November , 1837 ; -some minute animals , ap- pearing to be the young of the larger species of Velella which we ...
... species of animal 0.5 in . in length ; the lower part of a species of Diphyes , which had been caught on the 12th and 13th of November , 1837 ; -some minute animals , ap- pearing to be the young of the larger species of Velella which we ...
Page 397
... species are given in collections and systematic works , have induced me to send you , with the description of the new species recently brought from that country , a table , shewing , at one view , the distribution of the different species ...
... species are given in collections and systematic works , have induced me to send you , with the description of the new species recently brought from that country , a table , shewing , at one view , the distribution of the different species ...
Page 412
... species , some considering the differences found in the specimens from different localities , as merely local varieties , and others regarding them as distinct ; and others again declaring that several specimens , which cabinet ...
... species , some considering the differences found in the specimens from different localities , as merely local varieties , and others regarding them as distinct ; and others again declaring that several specimens , which cabinet ...
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