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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Page 6
... 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 renders the bird very Ch . I. ] BEETLES RESEMBLING ...
... 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 renders the bird very Ch . I. ] BEETLES RESEMBLING ...
Page 9
... look for a stick to throw at him ; but when I turned again , he was just disappearing into the water . It is the habit of these animals to lie quite still , and catch animals that come near them . Whether or not he was waiting until I ...
... look for a stick to throw at him ; but when I turned again , he was just disappearing into the water . It is the habit of these animals to lie quite still , and catch animals that come near them . Whether or not he was waiting until I ...
Page 15
... look for their eggs in the sand ; a month later , in March , when the river falls , they are found in abundance , and eaten by the canoe - men . At noon we reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of ...
... look for their eggs in the sand ; a month later , in March , when the river falls , they are found in abundance , and eaten by the canoe - men . At noon we reached the point where the Seripiqui , a river coming down from the interior of ...
Page 22
... look like the officers giving orders and directing the march of the column . This species is often met with in the forest , not in quest of one particular form of prey , but hunting , like Eciton predator , only spread out over a much ...
... look like the officers giving orders and directing the march of the column . This species is often met with in the forest , not in quest of one particular form of prey , but hunting , like Eciton predator , only spread out over a much ...
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... look about him , and kept continually talking in his own language , apparently surprised that the people around him did not understand what he was saying . He was taken to Castillo , and met there the woman who had been captured a year ...
... look about him , and kept continually talking in his own language , apparently surprised that the people around him did not understand what he was saying . He was taken to Castillo , and met there the woman who had been captured a year ...
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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