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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... turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speed- ing across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped . It is full of theories - I trust not unsupported by ...
... turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speed- ing across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped . It is full of theories - I trust not unsupported by ...
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... turning their long , highly - coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful tanagers ( Ramphocælus passerinii ) frequent the outskirts of the forest , all velvety black , excepting a large patch of fiery ...
... turning their long , highly - coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful tanagers ( Ramphocælus passerinii ) frequent the outskirts of the forest , all velvety black , excepting a large patch of fiery ...
Page 9
... 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 came within the swoop of his mighty tail I know ...
... 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 came within the swoop of his mighty tail I know ...
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... turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from carrying to the main army intelligence about the nest . Some of these birds , and ...
... turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from carrying to the main army intelligence about the nest . Some of these birds , and ...
Page 58
... turning round first one eye , then the other , it disappears like a flash of light . Unlike the plains and savannahs we crossed yesterday , where the ground was parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains ...
... turning round first one eye , then the other , it disappears like a flash of light . Unlike the plains and savannahs we crossed yesterday , where the ground was parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains ...
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