This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...Cassowaries have here their headquarters. II. Polynesian. This sub-region is largely dealt with below; it is characterised rather by the absence of forms which ought, so to speak, to be there than by the presence of peculiar forms. III. The Australian sub-region is of course the headquarters of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...Cassowaries have here their headquarters. II. Polynesian. This sub-region is largely dealt with below; it is characterised rather by the absence of forms which ought, so to speak, to be there than by the presence of peculiar forms. III. The Australian sub-region is of course the headquarters of the Marsupials and Monotremes, of which latter group the Platypus is restricted to the sub-region. Among Marsupials the Wombats, Thylacine and Koala are confined to it. Another remarkable type of Marsupial entirely confined to this sub-region is the small insect-eating Myrmecobius; the lately discovered " Marsupial mole" is another type which marks out this from the other sub-regions. This sub-region has according to Mr Wallace a larger proportion of peculiar birds than any other sub-region of any region. Nineteen-twentieths of the birds are confined to it. The Emeu and the Cereopsis goose are among the most characteristic forms. 118 COLOUR AND DISTRIBUTION. CH. II IV. The Novo-Zealcmian sub-region comprising New Zealand and some of the adjacent islands is described in detail below. Some graphic Methods of presenting the facts of Distribution. In order to get a clear idea of the facts of Zoogeography and to compare one series of facts with another it is requisite to present them in a graphic fashion. The usual method is to indicate the different Distributional regions upon a map by the help of varied colour. The colour might even be made to some extent appropriate; the Neotropical region--Dendrogaea as Mr Sclater terms it--preeminently a region of forests and inhabited by so many arboreal types, might be conveniently coloured green; those who accept the Holarctic realm of Prof. Newton might suitably leave it white in order to suggest the...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Cloth bound; blind stamping; gilt on spine and front board; backstrip torn; edges scruffed; clean text' Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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