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Nothing like it occurring between this and Cabul, on any part of the chain of mountains distinctly referrable to the Himalayas. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

The large majority of these airy figures were not sufficiently marked for safe conjecture as to the manner of persons to whom they were referrable, but many were too apparent to be mistaken.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison

I have not been able to recognize individuals referrable to the race macrocristatus.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.

Specimens referrable to the Indigo Bunting have been taken as far west as Finney County, but most specimens from that far west show evidence of interbreeding with Lazuli Buntings.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.

NE Peking but my examination of these mice indicates that only four are peninsulae while the others are referrable to what is currently regarded as Apodemus sylvaticus draco.

From Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China by Jones, J. Knox