Books with title Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 8

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What do Abraham Lincoln's hat, a violin used as a journal, and an Apple II personal computer all have in common? They are some of the amazing artifacts on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Take a tour through the museum's collections. Engaging text, graphs, maps, and colorful images help readers discover the stories behind some of America's most treasured pieces of history.

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. 1890 Excerpt: ...heavily margined externally with the color of the back. Below nearly the same color as above, sometimes a very little lighter, the feathers longitudinally marked with ochraceous; on the breast these marks are clear and distinct but pass posteriorly into mere shaft-streaks on the abdomen. Chin and throat white, the first unmarked, the feathers of the last with a fine lateral border of black or brownish black. Bill reddish brown of nearly the same color as the inner surface of the wings. Feet bluish black. Measurements.--Average of nine specimens: Wing, 3.90; tail, 3.50; curve of culmen, 2.35. Smallest specimen: Wing, 3.80; tail, 3.40; curve of culmen, 2.28. Largest specimen: Wing, 4.00; tail, 3.65; curve of culmen, 2.40. Habitat.--Brazil. Remarks.--The variations shown by my series of nine specimens are apparently due to age alone, and consist mainly in the size and color of the longitudinal markings of the feathers, which in immature birds are less clearly defined and more ochraceous, and also in the intensity and richness of the general coloration. X. trochilirostris finds its nearest ally in X. venezuelensis Lafr. MS., and it is very probable a large series of these birds, taken throughout their range, would show them to completely intergrade and perhaps connect them with other species of this genus. The material before me, however, is clearly referable to the two species as defined, and forces me to consider them distinct. As represented by my series, consisting of nine specimens of trochilirostris from Brazil, and ten specimens of venezuelensis, including Lafresnaye's types, from Brazil, Venezuela?, Bogota, Panama and "Central America," trochilirostris may be at once distinguished from venezuelensis by its smaller bill, which rarely reaches 2....

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History, Volume 31; Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History; Joel Asaph Allen<authors> Joel Asaph Allen, American Museum of Natural History<publisher> American Museum of Natural History, 1912<subjects> Natural history; Science

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History, Volume 2; Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural History; American Museum Of Natural History<author> American Museum of Natural History<publisher> American Museum of Natural History, 1890<subjects> Science; Earth Sciences; Geology; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology; Science / Paleontology

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. 1890 Excerpt: ...of olive across the jugulum and the absence of bright yellow on the abdomen. In Mr. Lawrence's specimen the rictal bristles are very strong,--nearly as strong as is generally the case in the genus Ochthaca, which fact doubtless led to the original reference of the species to that genus. The specific name flaviventris being preoccupied in the genus Empidonax, I take pleasure in naming the species in honor of one who has done so much for the progress of American ornithology, and whose collection, the accumulation of a lifetime, so greatly facilitates ornithological work at this Museum. Thamnophilus doliatns mexicanus Allen. Thamnophilus affinis Cab. & He1ne, Mus. Hein., Il, 1859, p. 7 (Xalapa). Nec Thamnophilus aff1nis D'orb. Et Lafr., Syn. Av., p. 12 (Mag. de Zool., 1837) ex Bolivia= Dysithanws, sp.? The name affinis, given by Cabanis and Heine, in 1859, to the large well-marked Mexican race of Thamnophilus doliatus proves to be preoccupied by a Thamnophilus affinis of d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, applied, in 1837, to a Bolivian bird apparently belonging to the section of the old genus Thamnophilus raised to generic rank by Cabanis in 1847, under the name Dysithamus. Having occasion to designate on our Museum labels the Mexican form of T. doliatus, I propose for it the name mexicanus. Note On Formicivora griseigula Lawr.--The type of Mr. Lawrence's Formicivora griseigula (Ann. New York Acad. Sci., Ilf 1883, p. 382) proves on examination to be an immature Thryothorus coraya (Gm.). The species was based on a single specimen (No. 39,506, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) from British Guiana, in the loose fluffy plumage of the young bird. Peristera mondetoura Bon. Among recent additions to our collection of birds are two specimens, male and female, of Peristera mondetoura, ...

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. 1912 Excerpt: ...show a similar tendency to become elongated, and there are "steps," in outer view. Nevertheless the two species are undoubtedly distinct. E. laterigerus is much larger, the beak is greatly compressed and elongated, whereas in Fig 10. Edaphodon aga (Buckland). Right mandibular in oral (a), and outer (6), views. One of the co-types of E. "smockii" (Cope). No. 7192 Amer. Mus. X i. E. agassizi (smocki) it is abbreviated. In the former the anterior marginal prominence ("step") is rounded at the angle, whereas in the latter it is-sharp. A pair of well-preserved palatals of this species are also in the Cope collection (No. 7194 Amer. Mus.). They were found associated with mandibulars so that it seems reasonably certain that they belong to this species. Their form, in oral aspect, and the size and arrangement of the tritors is shown in Fig. 11. These palatals are relatively wide and shallow, grooved along the dorsal surface; the groove occupying about twothirds of the width of the upper surface. The lateral walls of the elements do not converge rapidly anteriorly. Fig. 11. Edaphodon agassizi (Buckland). Pair of palatal elements in oral aspect. No. 7194 Amer. Mus. X l. 1843. Chimara (Psittacodori) sedgwickii Agassiz, Poiss. Foss., IIl, p. 349, pl. xl, figs. 17, 18. 1843. Ischyodus sedgwicki (Agassiz) Egerton, Proc. Geol. Soc. London, IV, p. 156. 1847. Edaphodon sedgwicki (Agassiz) Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., IIl, p. 352. 1878. Edaphodon sedgwickii (Agassiz) Newton, Chim. Fishes Brit. Cret. Rocks, p. 7, pl. i, ii. 1901. Edaphodon sedgwicki (Agassiz) Woodward, Catal. Foss. Fishes Brit. Mus., II, p. 73. 1906. Edaphodon sedgwicki (Agassiz) Leriche, Poiss. Cr6t. du Nord de la France, p. 52. 1875. Ischyodus tripartitus Cope, Vert. Cret...

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