Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia, with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... suckers , sun - fish , and various other small species . Of sturgeon , specimens have been caught weighing over three hundred pounds . ZOOLOGY . Mammalia . - Whatever may have been the GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY . 21.
... suckers , sun - fish , and various other small species . Of sturgeon , specimens have been caught weighing over three hundred pounds . ZOOLOGY . Mammalia . - Whatever may have been the GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY . 21.
Strana 22
... species of mammals inhabiting the District of Columbia in former times , the greater portion of them yet maintain a more or less permanent footing . Of those which for- merly roamed over its surface , the wild cat ( Lynx rufus ) , the ...
... species of mammals inhabiting the District of Columbia in former times , the greater portion of them yet maintain a more or less permanent footing . Of those which for- merly roamed over its surface , the wild cat ( Lynx rufus ) , the ...
Strana 23
... species is the cat squirrel ( Sciurus cinereus ) , a very large , heavy kind , occurring in different varieties of ... species of rats and one of mice have been intro- duced into the district from Europe , making the total number of ...
... species is the cat squirrel ( Sciurus cinereus ) , a very large , heavy kind , occurring in different varieties of ... species of rats and one of mice have been intro- duced into the district from Europe , making the total number of ...
Strana 24
... species peculiar to each section may meet , as , for a similar reason , it has been selected to be the political centre of the United States . Its situation with regard to east and west may be said to be , in a measure , central ...
... species peculiar to each section may meet , as , for a similar reason , it has been selected to be the political centre of the United States . Its situation with regard to east and west may be said to be , in a measure , central ...
Strana 25
... species to be found within its limits . But the incessant persecutions to which these birds are subjected have so materially decreased their numbers that they are every year becoming scarcer ; and the great body of those that are left ...
... species to be found within its limits . But the incessant persecutions to which these birds are subjected have so materially decreased their numbers that they are every year becoming scarcer ; and the great body of those that are left ...
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