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 FormsJohn Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page x
... Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests -- Some Trees are not touched by the Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked ...
... Leaf - cutting Ants : their method of defoliating Trees : their Nests -- Some Trees are not touched by the Ants - Foreign Trees are very subject to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants - Migration of the Ants from a Nest attacked ...
Page xii
... Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented Liquors of the ...
... Leaf - hoppers furnish Ants with Honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented Liquors of the ...
Page xv
... LEAF - CUTTING ANT · · Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 66 80 · SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE • QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING ...
... LEAF - CUTTING ANT · · Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 66 80 · SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE • QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING ...
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... SECTION AT MASAYA 348 LONGICORN BEETLES OF CHONTALES . 380 LEAF INSECT MOSS INSECT . . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . 78 CHAPTER I. Arrival at xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE.
... SECTION AT MASAYA 348 LONGICORN BEETLES OF CHONTALES . 380 LEAF INSECT MOSS INSECT . . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . 78 CHAPTER I. Arrival at xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE.
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... leaves , its antennæ concealed against its body , and its resemblance to a caterpillar so great , that I was myself at first deceived by it . It is well known that insectivorous birds will not touch a hairy caterpillar , and this is ...
... leaves , its antennæ concealed against its body , and its resemblance to a caterpillar so great , that I was myself at first deceived by it . It is well known that insectivorous birds will not touch a hairy caterpillar , and this is ...
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brook bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark descended dogs Ecitons epiphytes feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period glands grass green Greytown ground growing hills humming-birds Indians inhabitants insects Jinotega Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad lodes look maize Matagalpa Mestizos miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nests never Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed Peña Blanca plains plants probably quartz rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rock rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen shrubs side slope soon Spaniards species spider steep sting stones surface tion told town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation veins Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young