The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: A - K.Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997 |
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... lower mandible . Nostrils almost closed . Furculum fused with sternum . Down of nestlings white . 10 fossil species in the genera Pelecanus ( the earliest from lower Miocene of France ) and Liptornis ( middle Miocene ) . One extant ...
... lower mandible . Nostrils almost closed . Furculum fused with sternum . Down of nestlings white . 10 fossil species in the genera Pelecanus ( the earliest from lower Miocene of France ) and Liptornis ( middle Miocene ) . One extant ...
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... lower in one order . Some authorities place the plains wanderer Pliocene ; eastern Europe and Asia ; 3 known species ... lower to middle Eocene ; North America ; 7 species known . + Family Bathornithidae . Fossil only ; lower Oligocene ...
... lower in one order . Some authorities place the plains wanderer Pliocene ; eastern Europe and Asia ; 3 known species ... lower to middle Eocene ; North America ; 7 species known . + Family Bathornithidae . Fossil only ; lower Oligocene ...
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... lower mandibles of parrots normally have a stronger and more uniform curve . Often the anterior edge of the lower jaw is broad and truncate . The under surface of the upper bill usually possesses transverse or oblique file - like ...
... lower mandibles of parrots normally have a stronger and more uniform curve . Often the anterior edge of the lower jaw is broad and truncate . The under surface of the upper bill usually possesses transverse or oblique file - like ...
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