Results of Ornithological Explorations in the Commander Islands and in Kamtschatka Translated from the Russian

Translated from the Russian

This book covers systematics

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the roots of most plants are infected by symbiotic fungi to form mycorrhiza which play a central role in the capture of nutrients from the soil

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Results of Ornithological Explorations in the Commander Islands and in Kamtschatka Translated from the RussianPp. 382; 7 full page chromolithographs of the heads of birds, 1 full page line drawing of a birds head, 7 text figures (line drawings of birds), 1 sketch map of Kamtchatka and adjacent countries. One half burgundy leather over purple pebbled cloth boards, spine with eight sets of gilt panel lines, spine lettered in gilt in four compartments, and with gilt emblem of the General Assembly of New Zealand Library on the front board, marbled endpapers, page