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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At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any 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 ...
At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any 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 ...
Page 30
... other against the attacks of the jaguar , but that wary animal is too intelligent for
them . He sits quietly upon a branch of a tree until the Wari come underneath ;
then jumping down kills one by breaking its neck ; leaps up into the tree again
and ...
... other against the attacks of the jaguar , but that wary animal is too intelligent for
them . He sits quietly upon a branch of a tree until the Wari come underneath ;
then jumping down kills one by breaking its neck ; leaps up into the tree again
and ...
Page 69
My trees suffered greatly from the attacks of a large and fine longicorn beetle (
Tæniotes scalaris , Fab . ) , which laid its eggs in the green bark , from which
issued white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a
knife to ...
My trees suffered greatly from the attacks of a large and fine longicorn beetle (
Tæniotes scalaris , Fab . ) , which laid its eggs in the green bark , from which
issued white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a
knife to ...
Page 74
... very many of the forest trees are protected from the ravages of the ants by their
leaves either being distasteful to them , or unfitted for the purpose for which they
are required , whilst some have special means of defence against their attacks .
... very many of the forest trees are protected from the ravages of the ants by their
leaves either being distasteful to them , or unfitted for the purpose for which they
are required , whilst some have special means of defence against their attacks .
Page 75
The reason why the lime is not so subject to the attacks of the ants is unknown ;
and the fact that it is so is another instance of how little we know why one species
of a particular genus should prevail over another nearly similar form .
The reason why the lime is not so subject to the attacks of the ants is unknown ;
and the fact that it is so is another instance of how little we know why one species
of a particular genus should prevail over another nearly similar form .
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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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