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  • Catalogue of the Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, in the Collection of the British Museum

    British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology

    Paperback (Cornell University Library, June 1, 2009)
    Originally published in 1859. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
  • Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum

    British Museum Dept of Zoology

    Paperback (RareBooksClub.com, March 6, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Hart. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 177 (1899). The eggs of Webster-s Booby measure from 2-23 to 2-62 in length, and from 1-54 to l-72 in breadth. 3. St. Benedirte Island, Revillsgigedo A. W. Anthony, Esq. P.. Group, Pacific Ocean, 18th May. 10. Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Webster-Harris Exped. Group, 4th July (C. M. Harris). 1. Clarion Island, 4th July (C. M. Crowley Bequest. Harris). 1. Tower Island, Galapagos Group, Webster-Harris Exped. 27th Dec. (C.D.Hull). 1. Tower Island, 27th Dec. (C. D. H.). Webster-Harris Exped. Oit. ii. p. 697, pi. 307. figs. 6, 6 a (1885); Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 186 (1888); North, Nests $ Eggs Awstr. Birds, p. 362, pi. xix. fig. 1 (1889); Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 293, 300; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 451 (1898); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 237 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 238 (1899); id. in AndrewsMtmogr. Christmas 1sl. p. 45 (1900); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Awstr. Birds, ii. p. 994 (1901). Sula sula (Linn.). Sula fusca, Macgillivrag, Vog. tRattlesnake,-ii. p. 359 (1852). Sula fiber, Gould, Ha'ndb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 507 (1865); Walker, Ibis, 1S92, p. 257. Dysporus sula, Finsch $ Hartl. Fauna Central-Polyn. p. 260, tab. iii. fig. 6 (1867); Oates, Birds Brit. Burm. ii. p. 229 (1883). Sula leucogaster, Leqge, Birds Ceglon, p. 1177 (1880); Baird, Brewer # Ridyw. Water-Birds N. Am. ii. p. 178 (1884); North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 364 (1889); Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 212 (1890); Lister, P. Z. S. 1 891, p. 294. Sula sula, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 436 (1898); Sharpe. Hand-l. i. p. 237 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 236 (1899); con Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 237 (1900); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 988 (1901). The eggs of the Brown Booby measure from 2-3 to 2-6 in length, and fro...
  • Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British museum

    . British Museum (Natural History) Dept. of zoology.

    Paperback (University of California Libraries, Jan. 1, 1901)
    This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library at www.hathitrust.org.
  • Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British museum

    . British Museum (Natural History) Dept. of zoology.

    Paperback (University of California Libraries, Jan. 1, 1901)
    This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found online in the HathiTrust Digital Library at www.hathitrust.org.
  • Guide to the exhibited series of insects in the Department of zoology, British museum

    . British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology.

    Paperback (University of Michigan Library, Jan. 1, 1909)
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  • Guide to the exhibited series of insects in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

    . British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology

    Paperback (Ulan Press, Aug. 31, 2012)
    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
  • A guide to the shell and starfish galleries;

    British Museum. Dept. of Zoology

    Paperback (RareBooksClub.com, March 6, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...stalk. The head and beak contain powerful muscles for opening and shutting a horny lid or mandible hinged on below. In life, the avicularium sways to and fro on its stalk, with the lower "jaw" continually snapping up and down in the most ludicrous fashion. The beak is capable of seizing and holding quite large objects. The function of these curious appendages is partly to warn off trespassers and partly to capture and retain small animals till decomposition has set in; in the latter case, the currents set up by the tentacles draw in the particles to the mouths of the polypides. The avicularia have arisen by modification of the ordinary cells, in which the muscles have developed at the expense of the degenerated polypides, the cells have become much smaller, of different shape, and separated out from the rest; the mandible represents the lid or operculum of the ordinary cell. The avicularia vary greatly in size and shape in the different genera; in Flustra, for instance, these organs closely resemble the ordinary cells. In Bugula Mcornis (Fig. 7), from 1950 fathoms in the Southern Case A. Upright Fig. 7. part. Bugula bieornis. Cells magnified. (After Busk.) Indian Ocean, each cell is provided with two avicularia with remarkably long stalks. The graceful vase-shaped KinetosMas cyathus (Fig. 8), one of the treasures of the " Challenger " Expedition, was dredged from 1525 fathoms off Cape St. Vincent. The stem, which tapers gradually upwards, rises from a tuft of root fibres. The cup is formed of slender branches supported at the base by a delicate membrane. The branches are composed of biserial rows of cells (Fig. 9) opening towards the interior of the cup. The avicularia are Fig. 9. Kinetogldas cyathus. A branch magnified. a, an aviculariu...
  • Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean

    . British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology

    Paperback (Ulan Press, Aug. 31, 2012)
    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
  • Catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the trustees of the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks Volume 1

    British Museum. Dept. of Drawings

    Paperback (RareBooksClub.com, May 14, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...Essingdon. (Suc-ceeded as 5th Earl 1694; died 1728.) 51 Cecill, The Bight Honble. James, Earle of Salisbury, Vis-count Cranburne and Baron Cecill of Essingdon. (A smaller plate.) 1704. 5464 (Cecil, Viscount) Cranborne. (This must be the plate of James, Viscount Cranborne, who succeeded his father as 6th Earl of Salisbury in 1780, and was created a Marquess in 1789.) 5465 Cecil, Elisabeth 275 Cecil, The Honourable William, second son to the Bight Honourable John, Earle of Exeter. 1698. Armorial spade shield Armorial spade shield Armorial Armorial Armorial Crest and initial Early Armorial Early Armorial crest Early Armorial crest Early Armorial Early Armorial Early Armorial Early Armorial Armorial lozenge Early Armorial. Two oval shields acco!6 Early Armorial Early Armorial Chippendale Armorial Jacobean Armorial lozenge Early Armorial Name, Date, And Engraver. Style. 5523 Chambers, Willm. Fred 5524 Chambers, William Wylly. (Arms. Chambers, quartering Browne?, Sherman, and Tate, impaling Hodgetts.) 5525 (Chambers), anonymous. (The plate of William Chambers without inscription.) 1738. (Chambers), anonymous. (Arms. Chambers, quartering Sprackling and Darell, impaling Duppa.) ("Baker." Note by Sir A. W. Franks.) Chambre, Fras. Chambre, Rowlad., M.a. (Stepens?).. Chambre, anonymous or mutilated. (The plate of Rowlad. Chambre reworked.) Cha,nbres, Charles, A.m., Vicar of Dartford in Kent.. Chamier, Anthony Chamler, Anthony. (A smaller plate) Chamier, John Chamier, John, Esqr. (Arms. Chamier impaling Burnaby. John Des Champs, Member of Council for the Madras Presideney, who assumed in 1780 the name and arms of Chamier, married Georgiana Grace, daughter of Sir William Burnaby, Bart.) Chamier, John. (A smaller plate) Chamier, John Chamness, Jas., Esqr. (W. A...
  • An introduction to the study of meteorites; with a list of the meteorites represented in the collection

    British Museum. Dept. of Mineralogy

    Paperback (RareBooksClub.com, May 14, 2012)
    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...stones, it will be seen that almost all of them and their '.. matrix, appear to be made up chiefly of irregular angular fragments, and that some of them bear a close resemblance to volcanic tuffs. In the large group of chondritic aerolites, chondruies or spherules, some of which can only be seen under the microscope while others reach the size of a cherry, are embedded in a matrix, apparently made up of minute splinters such as might result from the fracture of the chondruies themselves. In fact, until recently, it was Other structural characters. thought by some, that the chondrites owe their form, not to crystallisation, but to friction, and that the matrix-was actually produced by the wearing down of the chondrules through collision with each other either as oscillating com-ponents of a comet or during repeated ejection from a volcanic vent of some small celestial body. Chondrules have been observed, however, presenting forms and crystal-line surfaces incompatible with such a mode of formation, and others have been described which exhibit features resulting from mutual interference during their growth. The crystallisation of the chondrules is independent of their form, and must have started, not at the centre, but at various places on their surfaces; Sorby argues that some at least of the chondrules must once have fallen as drops of fiery rain, and have assumed their shape in an atmosphere heated to nearly their own temperature. The chondritic structure is different from anything which has been ob-served in terrestrial rocks, and the chondrules are distinct in character from those observed in perlite and obsidian. After a minute study of the classical collection at Vienna, BrezinaJ lends his weighty support to the theory that the structural features of m...
  • Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds: Distinguishing Those Contained in the British Museum, Volume 3

    . British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, . British Museum (Natural History)

    Paperback (Ulan Press, Aug. 31, 2012)
    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
  • Hand-List of Genera and Species of Birds: Distinguishing Those Contained in the British Museum, Volume 1

    . British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology

    Paperback (Ulan Press, Aug. 31, 2012)
    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.