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Contributions to the natural history of the United States of North America. vol. 1, part 1
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lines 12—13 annotation Geograph Distribution?


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lines 2—12 annotation I believe species genera & classes all equally good or false, as one pleases to call it    Botanists far better authority than Zoologists.
from End Slip annotation in brown ink p.5    My valuation of Grups.


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 10    Agassiz explanation of Rudimnts
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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 15    Ambylopsis vy remote affinities.
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line 26 underline "North ... Japan"
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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 30    Isolated Fam. of Fishes.— «p.42. do» / Fresh-water abnormals

line 5 underline "Goniodonts"
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line 4 underline "Chaca"
bottom-margin annotation What? Abnormal? Amblyopsis is so
from End Slip annotation in brown ink 30    Isolated Fam. of Fishes.— «p.42. do» / Fresh-water abnormals


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line 5 underline "Radiata"
line 5 annotation ‹Planaria?›
from End Slip annotation in brown ink 24    Admits tht Vertebrata «p.31» probably arose with other types . Well may he say what changes (p. 24) has 30 years produced. in date of appearance of grupst01
t01 - `in date ... grups' in pencil


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 37    Admits tht conditions do not explain distribution


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 38    No class exist without havng som cosmopolitan genera

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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 39    On creation of nmber of individuals.


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line 20 underline "Labyrinthici"
line 22 underline "Cestraciontes"
from End Slip annotation in brown ink 30    Isolated Fam. of Fishes.— «p.42. do» / Fresh-water abnormals


line 3 at "arrangement"
lines 2—13 annotation but is this a natural arrangement? May there not be parallel differences in different countries; those in same countries being really allied.—
from End Slip annotation in brown ink 44    curious table of relations of Scincus with no relation to geograph. Distribution
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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 53    same species have lived for 30,000 years «or 200,000 years» as inferrd frm coral-reefs.


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 58    Chelonians much individual variability.
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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—

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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 100 «& 113 & 115» On Embryological & geological Succession    .107 «to 111» Classificatory rank & Geolog. Succession.—
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line 13 annotation mere analogy
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line 25 crossing-out "Crustacea" [corrected to `Cetacea']
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lines 7—10 annotation Strepsiptera
from End Slip annotation in brown ink 124    Parasites. belong to all orders (.«no» Strepsiptera)
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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 162    the sentence from Linnaeus about genera


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 166    idea of sp. proceeding from single pair almost given up by «all» naturalists !


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bottom-margin annotation All this discussion merely shows that no talent can really plainly define principles of Classification


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from End Slip annotation in brown ink 225    on degrees of resemblance of embryos

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