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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... trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables — Dependence of Flowers on
Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of
defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants –
Foreign ...
... trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables — Dependence of Flowers on
Insects for their Fertilization - Insect Plagues - Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of
defoliating Trees : their Nests - - Some Trees are not touched by the Ants –
Foreign ...
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Description of San Antonio Valley - Great variety of animal lifePitcher - flowered
Marcgravias — Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By Insects - Provision in
some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from
obtaining ...
Description of San Antonio Valley - Great variety of animal lifePitcher - flowered
Marcgravias — Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By Insects - Provision in
some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from
obtaining ...
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93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO Lode . . . . . . 94 HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga
mellivora , Linn . ) . . . 111 Tongues or HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER .
113 , 114 PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . . . . 129 FLOWER ...
93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO Lode . . . . . . 94 HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga
mellivora , Linn . ) . . . 111 Tongues or HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER .
113 , 114 PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . . . . 129 FLOWER ...
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A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured
flowers , adorns some of the gardens . ... wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians .
A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured
flowers , adorns some of the gardens . ... wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians .
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They serve often for conccalment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects
and many butterflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey , as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers
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They serve often for conccalment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects
and many butterflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get
within reach of their prey , as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers
...
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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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