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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... trees- Granadillas and papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign ...
... trees- Granadillas and papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign ...
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... trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild ...
... trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild ...
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... trees covered with numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial garden . Great arums perch on the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground , whilst lianas run from ...
... trees covered with numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial garden . Great arums perch on the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground , whilst lianas run from ...
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... trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their ...
... trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many butterflies , or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their ...
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... trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along through the still water . Soon we emerged into a wider channel where a stronger stream was ...
... trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along through the still water . Soon we emerged into a wider channel where a stronger stream was ...
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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