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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... brown jacana , with lemon yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated , showing only his eyes and the pointed scales of his back above the surface . The ...
... brown jacana , with lemon yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated , showing only his eyes and the pointed scales of his back above the surface . The ...
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... brown roofs . Pretty flower gardens surround or front many of them . Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of ...
... brown roofs . Pretty flower gardens surround or front many of them . Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of ...
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... brown . I think this bird is polygamous , for several of the brown ones were always seen with one of the red- and - black ones . The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in ...
... brown . I think this bird is polygamous , for several of the brown ones were always seen with one of the red- and - black ones . The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in ...
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... brown mot - mots I HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . ( Momotus marti ) , sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the ...
... brown mot - mots I HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . ( Momotus marti ) , sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the ...
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... brown threads binding together the mass , which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk , and contained hun- dreds of thousands of individuals , although many columns were outside , some bringing in the pupa of ants , others the ...
... brown threads binding together the mass , which must have been at least a cubic yard in bulk , and contained hun- dreds of thousands of individuals , although many columns were outside , some bringing in the pupa of ants , others the ...
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