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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Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
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The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey ,
and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly so bold as the obscurelycoloured
females . When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road
...
The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey ,
and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly so bold as the obscurelycoloured
females . When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road
...
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... the rocks of the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on
the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of
the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
... the rocks of the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on
the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of
the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
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a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong
canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have stood the shock
without being staved in . Having determined to go up the river in this boat , we
took ...
a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong
canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have stood the shock
without being staved in . Having determined to go up the river in this boat , we
took ...
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I saw one of the large olive - green and brown mot - mots ( Momotus martii ) ,
sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so
that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the
...
I saw one of the large olive - green and brown mot - mots ( Momotus martii ) ,
sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so
that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the
...
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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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