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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Page ix
“ His theory of whirlwinds — viz . , that the upper strata of air pressed upon the lower rarefied and lighter strata , till a casual opening or thinning out in the upper layer leaves the lower strata free to fly upwards , and to form ...
“ His theory of whirlwinds — viz . , that the upper strata of air pressed upon the lower rarefied and lighter strata , till a casual opening or thinning out in the upper layer leaves the lower strata free to fly upwards , and to form ...
Page xxvi
... from shoots : do not generally mature their seeds — Fig - treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables — Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf - cutting ants : their method of defoliating trees ...
... from shoots : do not generally mature their seeds — Fig - treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables — Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf - cutting ants : their method of defoliating trees ...
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... Use of honeysecreting glands — Plant - lice , scale - insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants — Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera .
... Use of honeysecreting glands — Plant - lice , scale - insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants — Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera .
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PAGE ALLIGATORS 9 MOT - MOTS OF CHONTALES 16 COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO 66 NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT So 88 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE . 92 94 III .
PAGE ALLIGATORS 9 MOT - MOTS OF CHONTALES 16 COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO 66 NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT So 88 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE . 92 94 III .
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319 348 GEOLOGICAL SECTION AT MASAYA LONGICORN BEETLES OF CHONTALES 380 LEAF INSECT . 381 Moss INSECT . 382 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER 1 . Arrival at. SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA at the end . prey , xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
319 348 GEOLOGICAL SECTION AT MASAYA LONGICORN BEETLES OF CHONTALES 380 LEAF INSECT . 381 Moss INSECT . 382 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER 1 . Arrival at. SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA at the end . prey , xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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| Pealkiri | 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 |
| Autor | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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