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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Page 18
On approaching , a dense body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so
numerous as to blacken the ground , would be seen moving rapidly in one
direction , examining every cranny , and underneath every fallen leaf . On the
flanks , and ...
On approaching , a dense body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so
numerous as to blacken the ground , would be seen moving rapidly in one
direction , examining every cranny , and underneath every fallen leaf . On the
flanks , and ...
Page 21
Ecitons hunt about in columns , which branch off in various directions . ... carrying
the larv¿ and pup¿ in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the
Ecitons , which are running about in every direction with great swiftness .
Ecitons hunt about in columns , which branch off in various directions . ... carrying
the larv¿ and pup¿ in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the
Ecitons , which are running about in every direction with great swiftness .
Page 25
TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . by all the common workers moving in one
direction , many of them carrying the larv¿ and pupa carefully in their jaws . Here
and there one of the light - coloured officers moves backwards and forwards
directing ...
TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . by all the common workers moving in one
direction , many of them carrying the larv¿ and pupa carefully in their jaws . Here
and there one of the light - coloured officers moves backwards and forwards
directing ...
Page 72
... another lot hurrying along in an opposite direction empty handed , but eager to
get loaded with their leafy burdens . If he follows this last division , it will lead him
to some young trees or shrubs , up which the ants mount ; and where each one ...
... another lot hurrying along in an opposite direction empty handed , but eager to
get loaded with their leafy burdens . If he follows this last division , it will lead him
to some young trees or shrubs , up which the ants mount ; and where each one ...
Page 80
... ant - food , proved , on examination , to be composed of minutely subdivided
pieces of leaves , withered to a brown colour , and overgrown and lightly
connected together by a minute white fungus that ramified in every direction
throughout it .
... ant - food , proved , on examination , to be composed of minutely subdivided
pieces of leaves , withered to a brown colour , and overgrown and lightly
connected together by a minute white fungus that ramified in every direction
throughout it .
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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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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