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 Forms |
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... natural selection — The cause of sterility between allied species considered –
The disadvantages of a covering of hair ... Jamailý - A deer - hunter ' s family —
TotagalpaWalls covered with cement and whitewashed - Ocotal — The valley of ...
... natural selection — The cause of sterility between allied species considered –
The disadvantages of a covering of hair ... Jamailý - A deer - hunter ' s family —
TotagalpaWalls covered with cement and whitewashed - Ocotal — The valley of ...
Page 4
The square , the open spaces , and many of the streets are covered with short
grass that makes a beautful sward to walk on . The trade in the town is almost
entirely in the hands of foreign residents , amongst whom Mr . Hollenbeck , a
citizen of ...
The square , the open spaces , and many of the streets are covered with short
grass that makes a beautful sward to walk on . The trade in the town is almost
entirely in the hands of foreign residents , amongst whom Mr . Hollenbeck , a
citizen of ...
Page 6
... size of a cherry , called “ Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them
with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the
original forest has been cut down , there are large trees covered with numerous ...
... size of a cherry , called “ Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them
with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the
original forest has been cut down , there are large trees covered with numerous ...
Page 7
Amongst the 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 ...
Amongst the 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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Many of the smaller birds build on the branches of the bull ' s - horn thorn , which
is always thickly covered with small stinging honey - eating ants , that would not
allow the Ecitons to ascend these trees . Amongst the mammalia the opossums ...
Many of the smaller birds build on the branches of the bull ' s - horn thorn , which
is always thickly covered with small stinging honey - eating ants , that would not
allow the Ecitons to ascend these trees . Amongst the mammalia the opossums ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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