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 xii
... attack of mountain fever . " In the " Natural History Transactions of North- umberland , Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , " vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short memoir , by Mr. Joseph Wright , giving some further details of Mr ...
... attack of mountain fever . " In the " Natural History Transactions of North- umberland , Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , " vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short memoir , by Mr. Joseph Wright , giving some further details of Mr ...
Page xxv
... attack the nests of other ants Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . CHAPTER III . - - Journey up river continued Wild pigs and jaguar ...
... attack the nests of other ants Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . CHAPTER III . - - Journey up river continued Wild pigs and jaguar ...
Page xxvi
... attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of pre- venting them ascending young trees - Leaf - cutting ants are fungus ...
... attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of pre- venting them ascending young trees - Leaf - cutting ants are fungus ...
Page xxvii
... attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans · 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal life ...
... attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans · 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal life ...
Page 11
... attack the nests of other ants - Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold - Mining ...
... attack the nests of other ants - Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold - Mining ...
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