The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Birds

Author : R. I. Pocock
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ISBN 13 : 9781331926658
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Fauna of British India written by R. I. Pocock and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Fauna of British India: Including Ceylon and Burma This volume contains descriptions of all the species of Arachnida of the orders Scorpiones (Scorpions), Uropygi (Whip-Scorpions), Amblypygi, Solifugae, and of most of the larger and otherwise conspicuous species of Araneae (true Spiders) known to occur in British India, Burma, and Ceylon, together with diagnoses of the genera, families, and suborders into which they fall. The only innovation introduced into the usually accepted classification of these groups is the ordinal separation of the Uropygi and Amblypygi, which are generally united as one order Pedipalpi. All the described species of the first four orders are dealt with in full. The Araneae, however, are less thoroughly treated, only the larger forms being included in the present work. These embrace all the Mygalomorphae, a group comprising the species commonly known as "Mygales" and Trap-door Spiders, all of which are of medium or large size, and also a relatively small number of the described species of Arachnomorphae. This latter group contains a vast number of species and is still very imperfectly known - so imperfectly that no satisfactory account of it can at present be given. All that has been attempted is to afford means of identifying the larger, commoner, better known and more widely distributed forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."