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 xxvi
... cutting ants : their method of defoliating trees : their nests — Some trees are not
touched by the ants - Foreign trees are ... the ants from a nest attacked -
Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of
preventing ...
... cutting ants : their method of defoliating trees : their nests — Some trees are not
touched by the ants - Foreign trees are ... the ants from a nest attacked -
Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of
preventing ...
Page xxxi
16 COMMISSIONER ' S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO . . . NEST OF LEAF -
CUTTING ANT . . . . . . 80 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING
COMPANY . . SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE
ORE .
16 COMMISSIONER ' S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO . . . NEST OF LEAF -
CUTTING ANT . . . . . . 80 MACHINERY OF CHONTALES GOLD - MINING
COMPANY . . SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE
ORE .
Page 21
The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they
squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their prey in the
furthest ramifications of the nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinea is attacked , the
ants ...
The workers are of various sizes , and the smallest are here of use , for they
squeeze themselves into the narrowest holes , and search out their prey in the
furthest ramifications of the nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinea is attacked , the
ants ...
Page 22
any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of other species . The moving
columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes ,
but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter - coloured
individuals ...
any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of other species . The moving
columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes ,
but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter - coloured
individuals ...
Page 23
Some of these birds , and especially the toucans , have bills beautifully adapted
for picking up the ants before they reach the nest . Many of the smaller birds build
on the branches of the bull ' s - horn thorn , which is always thickly covered with ...
Some of these birds , and especially the toucans , have bills beautifully adapted
for picking up the ants before they reach the nest . Many of the smaller birds build
on the branches of the bull ' s - horn thorn , which is always thickly covered with ...
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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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