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The geographical distribution of animals Volume 1; with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the earth's surface - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...pheasant (Thaumalea picta), a bird that can hardly be surpassed for splendour of plumage by any denizen of the tropics. The large bird perched above is the eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auriium), a species of comparatively sober plumage but of remarkable and elegant form. In the middle distance is Pallas's sand-grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), a curious bird, whose native 1 country seems to be the high plains of Northern Asia, but which often abounds near Pekin, and in 1863 astonished European ornithologists by appearing in considerable numbers in Central and Western Europe, in every part of Great Britain, and even in Ireland. The quadruped figured is the curious racoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), an animal confined to North China, Japan, and the Amoor Valley, and having no close allies in any other part of the globe. In the distance are some deer, a group of animals very abundant and varied in this part of the Palaearctic region. Reptiles and Amphibia.--Reptiles are scarce in North China, only four or five species of snakes, a lizard, and one of the Geckotidae occurring in the country round Pekin. The genus Halys is the most characteristic form of snake, while Callophis, an oriental genus, extends to Japan. Among lizards, Plestiodon, Maybouya, Tachydromus, and Gecko reach Japan, the two latter being very characteristic of the Oriental region. Amphibia are more abundant and interesting; Hynobins, Onychodactylus, and Sieboldtia (Salamandridae) being peculiar to it, while most of the European genera are also represented. Fresh-water Fish.--Of these there are a few peculiar genera; as Plecoglossns (Salmonidae) from Japan; Achilognathus, Pseudoperilampus, Ochetobius, and Opsariichihys (Cyprinidae); and there are many other Chinese Cyprinidae belonging to the b...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217386423
- ISBN 13 9780217386425
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages164
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