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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Page vii
... appears to me the best of all natural history journals which have ever been published . ' Praise so high , from a critic so competent , renders any apology for the publication of a second edition . of the work referred to by Mr. Darwin ...
... appears to me the best of all natural history journals which have ever been published . ' Praise so high , from a critic so competent , renders any apology for the publication of a second edition . of the work referred to by Mr. Darwin ...
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... appears " Died at Denver , Colorado , U.S.A. , September 22nd , 1878 , Mr. Thomas Belt , F.G.S. , aged forty - five ... appear in the ' Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , ' of which he was a member for many years ...
... appears " Died at Denver , Colorado , U.S.A. , September 22nd , 1878 , Mr. Thomas Belt , F.G.S. , aged forty - five ... appear in the ' Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , ' of which he was a member for many years ...
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... appear at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of the ground . Where there are hills there must be hollows ...
... appear at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of the ground . Where there are hills there must be hollows ...
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... , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might easily have escaped from the ants by using Ch . II . ] 19 REMARKABLE CASE OF INSTINCT .
... , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might easily have escaped from the ants by using Ch . II . ] 19 REMARKABLE CASE OF INSTINCT .
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... appear upon the scene . There the parallel ends . No one species of ant has attained any great superiority above all its fellows , whilst man is very far in advance of all the other Primates . When we see these intelligent insects ...
... appear upon the scene . There the parallel ends . No one species of ant has attained any great superiority above all its fellows , whilst man is very far in advance of all the other Primates . When we see these intelligent insects ...
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