All evidence suggests that the genus Cygnus evolved in Europe or western Eurasia during the Miocene, spreading all over the Northern Hemisphere until the Pliocene.

The Whooper Swan ( pronounced hooper ), Cygnus cygnus, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan.

* The best-known of this type is the Northern Cross in Cygnus.

Gamma Cygni ( γ Cyg, γ Cygni ) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation Cygnus, forming the intersection of an asterism of five stars called the Northern Cross.

In support of this, OSNI also provides the secretariat for Mosaic, the GI strategy for Northern Ireland, which is the first such strategy to be implemented in the UK.

Gibbon's book, the full title of which was Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation, heralded a new way of thinking about immigrants that was to shape Canadian immigration policy in the latter part of the Twentieth century.

Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation.

Northern Pike, Large Mouth Bass, Small Mouth Bass, Crappie, Perch, Walleye, and Pan fish make up the majority of the lake's fish population, although some Muskie and common carp have also been surveyed by the DNR.

In the north it is bound by the Phi Pan Nam Range, one of the hilly systems of Northern Thailand.

While the eastern part of the province is characterized by relatively flat river plains, the northern and western part consist of the hilly terrain of the Hills of Northern Thailand with the Khun Tan Range and the Phi Pan Nam Range in the west and the Daen Lao Range in the north.

The April 1957 OAG shows 216 departures a week on United, 80 Northwest, 35 Western, 21 Trans-Canada, 20 Pan Am, 20 Pacific Northern, and 10 Alaska.

However, the other generals on Pan Mei's side began to doubt Yang's loyalty to Song as Yang Ye used to serve Northern Han.

It is also a stop on the Pan American Highway which connects Tunja to Bogota and Santa Marta and eventually to Northern and Southernmost parts of the Americas.

Lampang city is situated in the valley of the Wang River in the heart of Northern Thailand, bordered by the Khun Tan Range ( ท ิ วเขาข ุ นตาน ) on the west and the Phi Pan Nam Range on the east.

* The Northern region, with its sierras, some of which are the highest in the country: Sierra Carapé ( with Cerro Catedral, 514 m, the highest elevation of the country ), Cerro de las Ánimas, with 501 metres, and Cerro Pan de Azúcar, with 423 metres, the third highest summit in Uruguay.

During the Chinese Southern and Northern Dynasties, in year 529, 533, 534, 535 and 571 the Kingdom of Pan Pan sent tribute to China.

Detailed map of the Rhône wine region, with separate maps of Southern Rhône (" Zoom A ") and Northern Rhône (" Zoom B ").

Detailed map of the Rhône wine region, with separate maps of Southern Rhône (" Zoom A ") and Northern Rhône (" Zoom B ").

Detailed map of the Rhône wine region, with separate maps of Southern Rhône (" Zoom A ") and Northern Rhône (" Zoom B ").

Detailed map of the Rhône wine region, with separate maps of Southern Rhône (" Zoom A ") and Northern Rhône (" Zoom B ").

Savage went on to form a band called Zoom, and released a solo CD in the 1990s on Darlington-based " Northern Sky ".

Still existing on a `` Northern Union '' telegraph form is a typical peremptory message from Peru grocer J. J. Hapgood to Burton and Graves' store in Manchester -- `` Get and send by stage four pounds best Porterhouse or serloin stake, for Mrs. Hapgood send six sweet oranges ''.

Upon receiving the news, Northern writers, editors, and clergymen heaped accusations of murder on the Southern states, particularly Virginia.

This is not due to any policy of discrimination on the part of the Northern universities.

The nineteenth-century immigration, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, was not so much concerned, for very few if any among them held slaves: they were mostly in the Northern states where slavery had disappeared or was on the way out, or were too poverty-stricken to own slaves.

In particular, time intervals measured on the surface of the Earth ( terrestrial time, TT ) are not constant when compared to the motions of the planets: the terrestrial second ( TT ) appears to be longer in Northern Hemisphere winter and shorter in Northern Hemisphere summer when compared to the " planetary second " ( conventionally measured in barycentric dynamical time, TDB ).

The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere halfway through its winter on this day.

After the death of his brother-in-law, Henry II, margrave of a small area on the Elbe called the Saxon Northern March, in 1128, Albert, disappointed at not receiving this fief himself, attacked Udo, the heir, and was consequently deprived of Lusatia by Lothar.

Once he was firmly established in the Northern March, Albert's covetous eye lay also on the thinly populated lands to the north and east.

* A smaller figure, next to the man, sitting on a chair ; as it is near the pole star, it may be seen by observers in the Northern Hemisphere through the whole year, although sometimes upside down ( the constellation Cassiopeia )

It focuses on historical Norse paganism of the Viking Age as described in the Eddas, but proponents also take a more inclusive approach, defining it as " Northern European Heathenry " not limited to a specific historical period.

His position and the missionary activity of the church of Bremen allowed him to gather information on the history and the geography of Northern Germany.

When the office of Lord High Admiral was in commission, as it was for most of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries until it reverted to the Crown, it was exercised by a Board of Admiralty, officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, & c. ( alternatively of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland depending on the period ).

For approximately two to three weeks on either side of November 30, Antares is not visible in the night sky, because it is near conjunction with the Sun ; this period of invisibility is longer in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere, since the star's declination is significantly south of the celestial equator.

The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans, consisting of the abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman ( based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens

More milestones followed as he won his 100th England cap on 21 April 1970 against Northern Ireland, and was made captain by Ramsey for the occasion.

God commands that she be named Lo-ruhamah ; Unloved, or, Pity or Pitied On to show Israel that, although God will still have pity on the Southern Kingdom, God will no longer have pity on the Northern Kingdom ; its destruction is imminent.

The Bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes in the United Kingdom, but has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales and regulates the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Northern Bobwhite forages on the ground, in open areas with some spots of taller vegetation.

* Northern Bobwhite on IUCN

It was based on a patent of 1883 by James Cleminson, and was once popular on narrow-gauge rolling stock, e. g. on the Isle of Man and Manx Northern Railways.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it is traditional for the Premier League, Scottish Premier League and Irish Premier League respectively, as well as the lower divisions and rugby leagues, to hold a full programme of football and Rugby League matches on Boxing Day.