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
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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 ...
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... lifePitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By
Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying
the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps -
Humming ...
... lifePitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By
Insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying
the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps -
Humming ...
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Olama The Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People Mountain Road
The Bull Rock The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
Olama The Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People Mountain Road
The Bull Rock The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
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... Insects Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -
Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Discussion of the
reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land
and of the Sca .
... Insects Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -
Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Discussion of the
reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land
and of the Sca .
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... distinct from the Caribs on one side and the Red Indians on the
otherDiscussion of the question of the peopling of America . . 358 CHAPTER XXI
. Return to Santo Domingo , The Birds of Chontales The Insects of Chontales -
Mimetic forms ...
... distinct from the Caribs on one side and the Red Indians on the
otherDiscussion of the question of the peopling of America . . 358 CHAPTER XXI
. Return to Santo Domingo , The Birds of Chontales The Insects of Chontales -
Mimetic forms ...
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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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