1861/10/01 by Alfred Newton · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant and animal studies
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1861.tb08857.x
openalex publication_date 1861/10/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
I map ntld, thnt near Wnrdmhtrns, between the fortress nnd the shore of tile inlet (Vest-Vnngrn), on n rnisctl sen-benrh, is a vnst bed of bones, chiefly those of birds, but wingled with them a few Seals'.We bronglit alvay a collsidernble qnnntity of xpeciinens ; nnd on some other occosion I map probably give un account of them ; bnt I am sure that they do not.inelude a single fragment which ronld possibly be a Gare-fowl's.t UppdrLttr I'slnnds, h f j h m hlo8om g j X r a8 fyrirshp 0'.N. O'lsens, grfinn fit af Enu I'slenzka IJ6kmentafklagi.Reykjavik og Kaupmannahijfn, 1844. VOL. 111.* I should have wished to have given, in explanation of the above desrription, a sketch map of these localities, but I have not the meails of doing so ac-curately.From our own observations, Mr. Wolley and I had reanon to douht whether the bearings of these islands have been correctly laid down either in Guuulaugbsou's map