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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... The Hairless Dogs of Tropical AmericaDifference between Artificial and Natural
Selection - The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered – The
disadvantages of a covering of hair in a domesticated animal in a Tropical
Country .
... The Hairless Dogs of Tropical AmericaDifference between Artificial and Natural
Selection - The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered – The
disadvantages of a covering of hair in a domesticated animal in a Tropical
Country .
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Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano ' s new House - Horse - flies and Wasps -
Teustepe - Spider imitating Ants - Mimetic Species — Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano ' s new House - Horse - flies and Wasps -
Teustepe - Spider imitating Ants - Mimetic Species — Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
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To those not acquainted with Mr . Bates ' s admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I
must explain that it is only on account of the poverty of our language that we have
to speak of one species imitating another , as if it were a conscious act .
To those not acquainted with Mr . Bates ' s admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I
must explain that it is only on account of the poverty of our language that we have
to speak of one species imitating another , as if it were a conscious act .
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I afterwards saw other species in the forests and savannahs of Chontales . They
all have several characters in Ch . II . ] FORAGING ANTS . 17 common. HEADS
OF MOT - HOTS . 16 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . MOT-Mots of ...
I afterwards saw other species in the forests and savannahs of Chontales . They
all have several characters in Ch . II . ] FORAGING ANTS . 17 common. HEADS
OF MOT - HOTS . 16 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . MOT-Mots of ...
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17 common , which are linked together in a series of gradations from species to
species . One of these features is a spot of black feathers on the breast . In some
species this is edged with blue , in others , as in the species mentioned above ...
17 common , which are linked together in a series of gradations from species to
species . One of these features is a spot of black feathers on the breast . In some
species this is edged with blue , in others , as in the species mentioned above ...
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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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