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 ix
... leaves the lower strata free to fly upwards , and to form the circular whirlwinds common even in this country - was an outcome of his actual experience acquired in the dreadful dust storms of Australia . It is a curious fact that the ...
... leaves the lower strata free to fly upwards , and to form the circular whirlwinds common even in this country - was an outcome of his actual experience acquired in the dreadful dust storms of Australia . It is a curious fact that the ...
Page xxvi
... Leaf - cutting 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 ...
... Leaf - cutting 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 ...
Page xxviii
... 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 . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the ...
... 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 . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the ...
Page xxxi
... LEAF - CUTTING ANT Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY • SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE . · SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF ...
... LEAF - CUTTING ANT Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY • SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE . · SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF ...
Page xxxii
... MASAYA LONGICORN 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 .
... MASAYA LONGICORN 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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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brushwood bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark Depilto dogs Ecitons feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period gold grass green Greytown ground hills Indians inhabitants insects islands Jinotega journey Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad live lodes longicorn look maize Masaya Matagalpa Mexico miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nest Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed plains plants prey probably quartz quartz veins rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rocks rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen side slope soon Spaniards species spiders steep stones surface Teustepe tion told Totagalpa town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young