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And Lehi and his family became the ancestors of all of the Indian and Mestizo tribes in North and South and Central America and in the islands of the sea". [87] Ted E. Brewerton, a general authority of the LDS Church, stated in 1995: "Many migratory groups came to the Americas, but none was as important as the three mentioned in the Book of Mormon.
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
Mormon authors advocating the original mound-builder setting for the Book of Mormon have similarly suggested North American peccaries (also called "wild pigs") [99] as the "swine" of the Jaredites. [100] The earliest scientific description of peccaries in the New World in Brazil in 1547 referred to them as "wild pigs". [101]
Birds of Central America (10 C, 369 P) ... Birds of North America (book) ... Red-breasted nuthatch; Red-headed woodpecker;
Papilio rumanzovia, the scarlet Mormon or red Mormon, [1] is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Philippines [ 2 ] but has been recorded as a vagrant to southern Taiwan . The species was named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz after Nicholas Rumanzow , chancellor of the Russian Empire .
Sooty fox sparrow, Sacramento, California. More specific information regarding plumage is available in the accounts for the various taxa.. Red fox sparrow, P. i. iliaca (Merrem, 1786) – this taxon breeds in the taiga of Canada and Alaska and winters in central and eastern North America.
The robin found in the British Isles and much of western Europe, Erithacus rubecula melophilus, occurs as a vagrant in adjacent regions. E. r. witherbyi from northwest Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia closely resembles melophilus but has shorter wings. [19] The northeasternmost birds, large and fairly washed-out in colour, are E. r. tataricus.
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.