With such facts before us, can we doubt that the many birds which are annually blown by gales across great spaces of ocean, and which annually migrate — for instance, the millions of quails across the Mediterranean — must occasionally transport a... Bulletin of the Essex Institute - Page 140by Essex Institute - 1882Full view - About this book
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| Charles Darwin - 1873 - 492 pages
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| 1880 - 900 pages
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| 1880 - 922 pages
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| Charles Darwin - 1882 - 492 pages
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| 1882 - 968 pages
...kept for three years, Mr. Darwin obtained 82 plants. " With such facts before us," says Mr. Darwin, " can we doubt that the many birds which are annually...Mediterranean — must occasionally transport a few seeds imbedded in dirt adhering to their feet or beaks ? " The agency of icefloes and icebergs, which are... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1882 - 494 pages
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| 1882 - 876 pages
...kept for three years, Mr. Darwin obtained 82 plants. " With such facts before us," says Mr. Darwin, " can we doubt that the many birds which are annually...gales across great spaces of ocean, and which annually migrate—for instance, the millions of quails across the Mediterranean—must occasionally transport... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1883 - 494 pages
...70 dicotyledons, which consisted, judging from the young leaves, of at least three distinct species. With such facts before us, can we doubt that the many...seeds embedded in dirt adhering to their feet or beaks ? But I shall have to recur to thisr subject. As icebergs are known to be sometimes loaded with earth... | |
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