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Title: The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 Latham, John, 1740-1837 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 Gilbert, Richard, 1794-1852, printer Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837. Natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778. Systema naturae. Regnum animale F. and C. Rivington (Firm), publisher F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), publisher Law and Gilbert, printer R. & R. Gilbert (Firm), printer Leverian Museum (London, England)
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington …
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PLATE LXXIII. ARDEA MAJOR. ARDEA CINEREA.COMMON HERON. G R A L L JE. Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toesdivided. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill long, ftrong, pointed. Noftrils linear. Tongue pointed.Toes connected as far as the firft joint by a ftrong membrane. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND STNONTMS. Head of the male crefted with long black feathers. Grey above.Bread white, marked with oblong black fpots. Male. Ardea Major. Linn. Syft. I. p. 256. 12.Scop. Ann. I. N° 117.Kram. El. p. 346. N9 4,Frifch. t. 199. A 2 PLATE LXxm. Alia Ardea. Gejner av* 219. Ardea Cinerea major feu pella. Rail Syn. av. 98. • Common Heron, or Heronmaw. Will, Orn. 277,, Rail Syn. p. 98. A. I.The Heron, or Heronfhaw: Ardea cinerea major five pella.—- Albin. I. pL 67.Common Heron. Perm. Br. Zool. N° 173. Arc!. Zool. N° 343. Lath. Gen. Syn. Vol. 5. p. 83. 50.Heron cendre. Belon. av. 182.Le Heron hupe. Brif. Orn. 5. p. 396. 2. pi. 35.Buff. OiJ. 7. p. 342. PI. Enl. 755. Garza cinerizia grofia. Zinan.naturalhistoryof41797dono

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Title: The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902
Subjects: Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority History, Ancient Assyria — History Babylonia — History Parthia — History Iran — History
Publisher: New York : J. W. Lovell company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Gateway of Castle (Koyunjik). Crowbar. Mining the Wall (Koyunjik). Fig. 3.

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Ho. HI. No. IV. Battering-rams. en. ix.l ASSHUR-IZIR^ PALS CAMPAIGNS. 397 were anticipated, and that its luxury was almost equalled, byan Asiatic people nine centuries before the Christian era. Itwill be our pleasing task at this point of the history, afterbriefly sketching Asshur-izii-pals wars, to give such an ac-count of the great works which he constructed as will conveyto the reader at least a general idea of the civilization and re-finement of the Assyrians at the period to which we are nowcome. Asshiu-izir-pars first campaign was in north-western Kur-distan and in the adjoining parts of Armenia. It dues not pre-sent any very remarkal)le features, though he claims to havepenetrated to a region never approached by the kings hisfathers. His enemies are the Nmni or Elami ^(/.c., the moun-taineers) and the Kirkhi, who seem to have left their name inthe modem Kurkh.* Neither people appears to have beenable to make much head against him; no battle was fought:the natives merely sought

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Title: Ridpath’s history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology
Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
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islands, is called the Ethiopianregion. The Oriental region includesthe Malay peninsula and islands, Hin-dustan, and Southern Arabia. Aus- PLACE OF THE BEGINNING.—LEMURIA. 179 tralia, Polynesia, and New Zealandare defined as the Australian region.South America, the West Indies, andMexico as far north as the tropic, con-stitute the Neotropical region, while theremainder of North America is definedas the Nearctic region. The problem iswith the map thus adjusted, to deter-mine by orders, suborders, and familiesthe distribution of the primate animals. which we have fixed upon as the prob-able home of the first men, was held inbetween the two approxi- Place of sup- 1 _L posed continent mate parts defined in the between Ethio- . – . , „ , . . pian and Orien- above table as the Ethiopian tai regions,and Oriental regions. A glance at thesynopsis will show the astonishing pre-ponderance of the primate animals inthose countries. True, the largest sin-gle distribution is that of one hundred

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AMERICAN MONKEY WITH PREHENSILE TAIL. The following table prepared by Win-chell contains an abstract of the results: DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMATE AND CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS. No. of Families. Apes Old World Monkey> Baboons and Macaques., American Monkeys Marmosets a. Total Anthropoids Lemurs…Tassiers.. Aye-ayes. Total Lemuroids. Total Primates. Carnivora Total Primates andCarnivora 70 Otfl ■Set .2 a~ 9i;3) < 50 105 90 195 I 161 °-2 g,2 33114 11448 43 It will be remembered by the readerthat the supposed continent of Lemuria, and fourteen species in South America;but it has been noted that the SouthAmerican primates are much lower inorder of development than are those ofSouthern Asia and Eastern Africa. Noapes or any of the higher primates havebeen found native in any part of theNew World. Leaving out, therefore,from the count the South Americanmonkeys and marmosets, which are thevery lowest of the anthropoids, we havethe primates virtually limited to thesouthern parts of Asia and the