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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page ix
... Ants : their method of Hunting - Ant- Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia CHAPTER III . Journey ...
... Ants : their method of Hunting - Ant- Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia CHAPTER III . Journey ...
Page x
... Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked - Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them - Indian plan of preventing their ascending ...
... Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked - Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them - Indian plan of preventing their ascending ...
Page xi
... Ants - Plants and Trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by Eagle -White - faced Monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- -Curassows and other game Birds - Trogons , Woodpeckers , Mot - mots , and Toucans CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio ...
... Ants - Plants and Trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by Eagle -White - faced Monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- -Curassows and other game Birds - Trogons , Woodpeckers , Mot - mots , and Toucans CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio ...
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... Ants kept as Standing Armies by some Plants - Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects , and Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants ...
... Ants kept as Standing Armies by some Plants - Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects , and Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants ...
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... Ants - Mimetic Species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to Horse - The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of Journey . CHAPTER XVIII . Division of Nicaragua into ...
... Ants - Mimetic Species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to Horse - The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of Journey . CHAPTER XVIII . Division of Nicaragua into ...
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