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
... Banks - Seripiqui River- Mot - mots - Foraging 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 ...
... Banks - Seripiqui River- Mot - mots - Foraging 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 ...
Page x
... Banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the Maize - eating from the Mandioca - eating Indigenes of America -Tortillas - Sugar - making - Enter the Forest of the Atlantic Slope ...
... Banks - Pital - Cultivation of Maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the Maize - eating from the Mandioca - eating Indigenes of America -Tortillas - Sugar - making - Enter the Forest of the Atlantic Slope ...
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... banks filling up the once spacious harbour , and cattle wading amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white ...
... banks filling up the once spacious harbour , and cattle wading amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white ...
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... Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch . I. ] ALLIGATORS . sand - bank that.
... Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . Page 9 . Ch . I. ] ALLIGATORS . sand - bank that.
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... bank that extends down to the mouth of the river . A long , deep branch from the river is a favourite resort for alligators ... banks . They were alligators basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water . Mr ...
... bank that extends down to the mouth of the river . A long , deep branch from the river is a favourite resort for alligators ... banks . They were alligators basking in the sun . As I approached , most of them crawled into the water . Mr ...
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