10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWORDBILL»
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1
Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers
The swordbill is a trapliner and visits a large number of individuals over a
relatively wide area. Pollination by hummingbirds is more prominent in the
montane than in the lowland rain forests (Cruden 1972, Feinsinger 1983a, Bawa
1990), ...
2
Science and Civilisation in China
The remaining five species are from five families, the Acipenseridae (sturgeon),
Psephuridae (snout fish or swordbill fish), Leiocassisidae (yellow jaw), Gobiidae (
eel?) and Ophiocephalidae (tench?). The sturgeon, chart $§, and its relative the ...
3
The hummingbirds of North America
A striking case of coevolution between bill length and corolla length in
hummingbirds is that of the swordbill, an Andean species of hummingbird that
has a culmen length substantially longer than any other known species. The
culmen length in ...
GENUS: Ensifera Species SWORDBILL HUMMINGBIRD E. ensifera Description
This hummingbird cannot be mistaken for any other species due to the enormous
beak. The male has crown and tail, which is forked, shining coppery green; ...
The White River of Arkansas — typical par it day's catch, consisting of tivo
swordbills an By S. A. DRENNEN They are often considered useless to
sportsmen, but they can be caught 1 For real thrill and fight I will pit either the
swordbill or the ...
6
Contemporary airport architecture, or, Ain't you got no pride?
To peer up from under that swordbill cap and for the first time take a good, hard
look at what passes for an operations building at the airport where you spend the
best hours of your ground Retlecting the notive heritage: the l\lewport.
7
Vertebrates: Structures and Functions
Fish Scales Most fish species possess scales. Lampreys and members of
catfishes lack scales. Other fishes possess scales in a few areas of their bodies
such as paddlefishes of central North America and the freshwater swordbill of
China.
8
Pollination and Floral Ecology
The related genus Tacsonia has flowers with very elongated corollas and is
visited by the swordbill in South America. Even more curious are the pendant
Marcgravia inflorescences of the Neotropics, with flowers whose appearance is ...
9
Spelling Workbook and Interactive CD Teachers Guide Book G - ...
... guiltiest couples, coupling, coupled, coupler, couplet, couplets swords,
swordlike, swordless, sword-bearer, swordplay, swordfish, swordbill pneumonic
raspberries almonds, almond-like, almond-eyed knowledgeable, know, knows,
knowing, ...
10
History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in China and Taiwan, and in ...
In the spring, he supplies the swordbill sturgeon (wei) and other kinds of fresh or
dried fish for the King's table, for ceremonial offerings, for entertaining guests,
and for funerary sacrifices. He administers official laws regulating fishing and ...
William Shurtleff, H.T. Huang, Akiko Aoyagi, 2014
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWORDBILL»
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swordbill is used in the context of the following news items.
A PBS documentary homes in on the avian world's ballerinas …
Take the aptly named swordbill and its favorite food source, the datura flower. The swordbill's four-inch beak is longer than its body and attuned to accessing ... «Audubon Magazine, Mar 10»
Local filmmaker captures hummingbirds for PBS
She studied the swordbill hummingbird and the evolutionary bond between them and their favorite plant, the datura, with its long dangling trumpet-shaped ... «New Haven Register, Dec 09»
