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Burton was of the genus lion, even in society. "When a princess gave him a 'high handshake' he grasped her elbow and lowered her arm. That cured her." Once an archbishop ventured to tease him about his interest in monkeys, asked if he was studying his ancestry. "Well, my lord," said Burton, "I at least have made a little progress, but what about your lordship who is descended from the angels...
...peaks which tower 2500 feet above it Here live relief species of birds not found in the rest of the country, and Griscom reports a species of "grebe" or "hell diver" found nowhere else in the world. He searched, also, for nine days in order to find a peculiar genus of fly catcher, of which only two other specimens are known to exist in the world's museums. Here, too, he not only found this bird but rediscovered another species of fly catcher, and a pygmy owl. The four towering volcanoes which surround the lake are thought to have prevented...
Blunden is often classed as of the genus pastoral: his descriptions of English countryside have been likened to Wordsworth. He is a meticulous observer of the outdoors, and couches his observations in many a good old country term. In Near and Far his Muse wanders to Japan and through the War, but she remains, in spite of all temptations, always an English Muse...
...East, Professor of Genetics, to continue his genetic studies on the genus Nicotiana...
This specimen was the basis for the first scientific description of the genus gorilla on record. Dr. Wyman delivered a speech describing the gorilla to the Boston Society of Natural History. As time went on, and other specimens were discovered, they were sent back to museums on the continent of Europe and to England, as well as to the United States...