Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Հատորներ 17-18Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1865 "Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794. |
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abdomen Acad Academy American anal angle antennæ apical Baird basal base bill bird body brachycephalic breadth broad brown Cassin caudal Chaetetes characters claw collection color Colorado Chiquito concave convex Coues coverts coxæ culmen curved dense diameter differs distinct dolichocephalic dorsal elongate elytra erratic ant feathers feet flattened Fort Whipple front Genera i. p. genus Gray haud head hind inches inner John Cassin joint lateral lateribus length less lobe male mandible margin median Melania middle muzzle narrow nearly oblique obtuse occipital outer outline oval plates plumage posterior postice present Proc Procellaria Prof prominent prothorax punctatis punctured radial pieces rectrices resembles ridge rotundatis rounded rows segment shell side skull slender slightly Smithsonian Smithsonian Institution species specimens spots striæ surface suture Synonymy tail tarsi thorax tibiæ transverse truncated upper ventral Whipple whorls wing yellow
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Էջ 289 - Report of the Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1863 — 4.
Էջ 151 - ... locality, where the formation referred to is extensively developed, and its fossils so abundant that they have been thence widely distributed, both in this country and Europe. Consequently, geologists will everywhere at once understand to what particular horizon of the Lower Silurian this name refers.
Էջ 196 - They show that the form of the human skull is just as little constant among different tribes or races of the New World as of the Old...
Էջ 212 - Morton justly describes it as "perhaps the most admirably formed head of the American race hitherto discovered. It possesses the national characteristics in perfection, as seen in the elevated vertex, flattened occiput, great interparietal diameter, ponderous bony structure, salient nose, large jaws, and broad face...
Էջ 305 - Lcdaps aquilunguis there is no ridge, the apophysis reposing in a slight concavity. This apophysis, like the slender portion of the fibula, is composed of dense bone . . " The direction of the condyle indicates the articulation of the tarsal elements to have been at a considerable angle with the shank of the leg, and that the animal was entirely plantigrade and was unable to extend the foot in line with the lower leg. The animal's weight was, no doubt, shared by another tarsal bone, besides the astragalus,...
Էջ 191 - Antilles as of terra forma, are also naturally rounded ; and we trace this character, as far as we have had opportunity for examination, through the nations east of the Andes, the Patagonians and the tribes of Chili. In fact, the flatness of the occipital portion of the cranium will probably be found to characterize a greater or less number of individuals in every existing tribe from Tierra del Fuego to the Canadas.
Էջ 189 - Orinoco ~and Amazons, and have had occasion to see a great number of tribes assembled under the monastical hierarchy in the missions, must have observed that the American race contains nations whose features differ as essentially from one another, as the numerous varieties of the race of Caucasus, the Circassians, Moors, and Persians differ from one another.
Էջ 254 - SHELL rather small, turbinate or obovate, very slightly unsymmetrical; section circular, or nearly so; chambered part rapidly expanding, with sides slightly convex above. Nonseptate part very short, or three times as wide as long, rounding in abruptly above; aperture contracted, but exact form unknown. Septa only moderately concave, nearly equidistant at all points, excepting near the outer chamber and the apex, where they are more crowded ; at about the widest part of the shell, separated by spaces...
Էջ 186 - ... the boundaries within which the different natural combinations of animals are known to be circumscribed upon the surface of our earth, coincide with the natural range of distinct types of man.
Էջ 260 - At a first glance this- shell would seem to resemble Cryptoceras (Lituites) »ndatus, as represented by fig. 3, pi. 13, vol. i. Palaeontology of New York, bat on a closer inspection, it will be at once seen to differ materially in the more rapid increase in the breadth of its whorls, and in the proportionally smaller size and greater depth of its umbilicus, as well as in being apparently not coiled on a plane. The specific name is given in honor of Dr. 0. P. Baer, of Richmond, Indiana, '<> whom we...