Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Part 1Smithsonian Institution, 1886 Report for 1915 includes article by Louis Agassiz Fuertes titled "Impressions of the voices of tropical birds," p. 299-323. |
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| Title | Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Part 1 1917/18-1963/64: Publication / Smithsonian Institution Mis. doc. Publication (Smithsonian Institution) |
| Author | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents |
| Publisher | Smithsonian Institution, 1886 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2006 |
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