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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... beetles Mimetic forms - Alligators : boy drowned at Blewfields by one - Their method of catching wild pigs CHAPTER II . Commence journey up San Juan river - Palms and wild canes— Plantations - The Colorado river - Proposed improvement ...
... beetles Mimetic forms - Alligators : boy drowned at Blewfields by one - Their method of catching wild pigs CHAPTER II . Commence journey up San Juan river - Palms and wild canes— Plantations - The Colorado river - Proposed improvement ...
Page xxvii
... beetles , and 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 ...
... beetles , and 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 ...
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... BEETLES OF CHONTALES LEAF INSECT . MOSS INSECT . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA PAGE 233 239 261 319 · 348 • 380 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER I. Arrival at Greytown xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... BEETLES OF CHONTALES LEAF INSECT . MOSS INSECT . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA PAGE 233 239 261 319 · 348 • 380 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER I. Arrival at Greytown xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... beetles - Mimetic forms -Alligators - Boy drowned at Blewfields by an alligator- Their method of catching wild pigs . AT noon on the 15th February 1868 , the R.M.S.S. Solent , in which I was a passenger , anchored off Grey- town , or ...
... beetles - Mimetic forms -Alligators - Boy drowned at Blewfields by an alligator- Their method of catching wild pigs . AT noon on the 15th February 1868 , the R.M.S.S. Solent , in which I was a passenger , anchored off Grey- town , or ...
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... beetles I found a curious longicorn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown and black hairs , and closely resembling some of the short , thick , hairy caterpillars that are common on the bushes . Other closely allied ...
... beetles I found a curious longicorn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown and black hairs , and closely resembling some of the short , thick , hairy caterpillars that are common on the bushes . Other closely allied ...
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