10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARAPUNGA»
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1
The Chambers Dictionary
[Of Tupi origin] arapunga ar-a-pung'ga, or araponga -pong'ga, n the campanero
or S American bell-bird. [Tupi araponga} arar ur 'ar, n the sandarac tree. [
Moroccan name] araroba a-ra-rS'ba, n Goa powder, a bitter yellow powder
obtained ...
2
The illustrated natural history
This species must not, however, be confounded with the Bell Bird, or Arapunga,
of tropical America, which belongs to a totally different tribe. Moreover, the voice
of the two birds is very different ; that of the Arapunga resembling the slow
solemn ...
3
The New standard encyclopedia
He died in Paris, Jan. 1, 1560. Bell Bird, a bird, called also the arapunga (
arapunga alba), belonging to the family ampelidw, and the sub-family
gymnoderina: (fruit crows). It is pure white in color, about a foot in length, and has
a voice like the ...
William A. Colledge, Nathan Haskell Dole, George Jotham Hagar,
1907
4
The Circle of the Sciences: Vertebrated animals
Another remarkable species is the Arapunga, or Bell-bird of Guiana (Arapunga
alba), a bird about twelve inches in length, and of a pure white colour. It is
distinguished by a singular fleshy cylindrical appendage, often furnished with a
few ...
5
Johnson's Natural History, Comprehensive, Scientific, and ...
Another celebrated species is the ARAPUNGA, or CAMPENERO, or BELL-BIRD,
Arapunga alba, found in the wild forests of Guiana; it is about twelve inches in
length, and of a pure white color. It is distinguished by a singular fleshy cylindrical
...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich,
1872
6
ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Another celebrated species is the Arapunga, or Campenero, or Bell-Bird,
Arapunga alba, found in the wild forests of Guiana ; it is about twelve inches in
length, and of a pure white color. It is dislanguished by a singular fleshy
cylindrical ...
Arapunga alba (arapunga, native name, and Lat. " white"), the bell bird of Guiana,
281. Arctomys (Gr. arctos a bear, and mus a mouse) , a genus of squirrels, 467.
Arctomys bobac, the bobac, 467. Arctomys ludovicianus, the prairie dog, 467.
William Somerville Orr, Richard Owen, Robert Gordon Latham,
1860
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Orr's circle of the sciences: a series of treatises on the ...
Another remarkable species is the Arapunga, or Bell-bird of Guiana (Arapunga
alba), a bird about twelve inches in length, and of a pure white colour. It is
distinguished by a singular fleshy cylindrical appendage, often furnished with a
few ...
William Somerville Orr,
1855
9
The Illustrated Natural History: Birds
This species must not, however, be confounded with the Bell Bird, or Arapunga,
of tropical America, which belongs to a totally different tribe. Moreover, the voice
of the two birds is very different ; that of the Arapunga resembling the slow
solemn ...
10
Animate Creation: Popular Edition of "Our Living World," a ...
This species must not, however, be confounded with the Bell Bird, or Arapunga,
of tropical America, which belongs to a totally different tribe. Moreover, the voice
of the two birds is very different ; that of the Arapunga resembling the slow, ...
John George Wood, Joseph Bassett Holder,
1898
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