The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... petrels . The Socorro petrel might be added , except that it is probably only a subspecies of Leach's petrel . The exclusively Atlantic species in the plates number only four : namely , Cory's and greater shearwaters , the black - capped ...
... petrels . The Socorro petrel might be added , except that it is probably only a subspecies of Leach's petrel . The exclusively Atlantic species in the plates number only four : namely , Cory's and greater shearwaters , the black - capped ...
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Black - capped Petrel ( Pterodroma hasitata ) Average Length , Eleven Inches The black - capped petrel dwells on the At- lantic hurricane track , which is the principal reason why so many examples have been picked up in the interior of ...
Black - capped Petrel ( Pterodroma hasitata ) Average Length , Eleven Inches The black - capped petrel dwells on the At- lantic hurricane track , which is the principal reason why so many examples have been picked up in the interior of ...
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... petrel antedates the present land connection between North and South America , but this is highly speculative . Bulwer's petrel stands betwixt the Mother Carey's chickens and the larger petrels . It resembles the former , and yet is ...
... petrel antedates the present land connection between North and South America , but this is highly speculative . Bulwer's petrel stands betwixt the Mother Carey's chickens and the larger petrels . It resembles the former , and yet is ...
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GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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