The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... ants : their method of hunting - Ant - thrushes — They attack the nests of other ants Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . CHAPTER III ...
... ants : their method of hunting - Ant - thrushes — They attack the nests of other ants Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . CHAPTER III ...
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... ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very sub- ject to their attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive ...
... ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very sub- ject to their attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive ...
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... ants - Plants and trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans · 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San ...
... ants - Plants and trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans · 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San ...
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... ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine ...
... ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine ...
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... ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to horse -The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of journey · CHAPTER XVIII . Division of Nicaragua into ...
... ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to horse -The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of journey · CHAPTER XVIII . Division of Nicaragua into ...
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