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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... Potomac . The skunk ( Mephitis mephitica ) is almost as much a nuisance as ever . The raccoon is frequently brought into market , as is also the opossum ( Didelphys Virginiana ) , the single representative of the Marsupialia . Of the ...
... Potomac . The skunk ( Mephitis mephitica ) is almost as much a nuisance as ever . The raccoon is frequently brought into market , as is also the opossum ( Didelphys Virginiana ) , the single representative of the Marsupialia . Of the ...
Strana 24
... Potomac River , and on the other from the extensive ranges of mountains lying directly to the west- ward . If , in addition to the advantages resulting from this central location , we take into consideration those arising from the ...
... Potomac River , and on the other from the extensive ranges of mountains lying directly to the west- ward . If , in addition to the advantages resulting from this central location , we take into consideration those arising from the ...
Strana 25
... Potomac River , one of its greatest tributaries , causes all the 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 ...
... Potomac River , one of its greatest tributaries , causes all the 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 ...
Strana 27
... Potomac was covered with multitudes of Mother Cary's chickens ( Thalassidroma Leachii ) , which had been forced out of their usual course by the gale . The single instance of the occurrence of the ground dove ( Chamaepelia passerina ) ...
... Potomac was covered with multitudes of Mother Cary's chickens ( Thalassidroma Leachii ) , which had been forced out of their usual course by the gale . The single instance of the occurrence of the ground dove ( Chamaepelia passerina ) ...
Strana 28
... Potomac River , and probably comes but rarely of its own accord into the District . As a delicacy this species takes rank with the canvas - back duck . Another terrapin , the Emys rubriventris , or red- bellied terrapin , very common in ...
... Potomac River , and probably comes but rarely of its own accord into the District . As a delicacy this species takes rank with the canvas - back duck . Another terrapin , the Emys rubriventris , or red- bellied terrapin , very common in ...
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