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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... coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites ...
... coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites ...
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... coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful tanagers ( Ramphocælus passerinii ) frequent the outskirts of the forest , all velvety black , excepting a large patch of fiery - red above the tail , which ...
... coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful tanagers ( Ramphocælus passerinii ) frequent the outskirts of the forest , all velvety black , excepting a large patch of fiery - red above the tail , which ...
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... coloured , the female being clothed in a sober suit of greenish- 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 ...
... coloured , the female being clothed in a sober suit of greenish- 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 ...
Page 8
... colour , and movements , being protected . These resemblances are not only between insects of diffe- rent genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate ...
... colour , and movements , being protected . These resemblances are not only between insects of diffe- rent genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate ...
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... coloured feathers of the breast . Characters such as these , very conspicuous in some species , shading off in others through various gradations to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by natural- ists to occur in numerous ...
... coloured feathers of the breast . Characters such as these , very conspicuous in some species , shading off in others through various gradations to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by natural- ists to occur in numerous ...
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