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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... Mosquitoes — Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks -
Seripiqui RiverMot - mots — Foraging Ants : their method of Hunting -
AntThrushes — They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how
preserved from them ...
... Mosquitoes — Disagreeable Night - Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks -
Seripiqui RiverMot - mots — Foraging Ants : their method of Hunting -
AntThrushes — They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how
preserved from them ...
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... Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some
Trees are not touched by the Ants – Foreign Trees are very subject to their
attackMethod of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked -
Corrosive ...
... Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some
Trees are not touched by the Ants – Foreign Trees are very subject to their
attackMethod of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked -
Corrosive ...
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PAGE Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua – Excursions around
Santo Domingo - The Artigua – Corruption of Ancient NamesButterflies , Spiders ,
and Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - - Timber ...
PAGE Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua – Excursions around
Santo Domingo - The Artigua – Corruption of Ancient NamesButterflies , Spiders ,
and Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - - Timber ...
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... Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by some Plants — Use of Honey -
secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ... hoppers furnish Ants with Honey
, and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants —
Waxy ...
... Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by some Plants — Use of Honey -
secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ... hoppers furnish Ants with Honey
, and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants —
Waxy ...
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Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano ' s new House - Horse - flies and Wasps -
Teustepe - Spider imitating Ants - Mimetic Species — Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano ' s new House - Horse - flies and Wasps -
Teustepe - Spider imitating Ants - Mimetic Species — Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
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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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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