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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Description of San Antonio Valley - Great variety of animal lifePitcher - flowered
Marcgravias — Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By Insects - Provision in
some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from
obtaining ...
Description of San Antonio Valley - Great variety of animal lifePitcher - flowered
Marcgravias — Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds , By Insects - Provision in
some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from
obtaining ...
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These deceptive resemblances are supposed , by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection , to have been brought about by varieties of one
species , that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection ...
These deceptive resemblances are supposed , by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection , to have been brought about by varieties of one
species , that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection ...
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13 forest , which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with
many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth being ferns , small palms ,
Melastoma , Heliconi¿ , & c . The houses at the plantations were mostly
miserable thatched ...
13 forest , which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with
many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth being ferns , small palms ,
Melastoma , Heliconi¿ , & c . The houses at the plantations were mostly
miserable thatched ...
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Besides the ant - thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are
often seen on the branches of trees above where an ant army is foraging below ,
pursuing and catching the insects that fly up . The insects caught by the ants are ...
Besides the ant - thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are
often seen on the branches of trees above where an ant army is foraging below ,
pursuing and catching the insects that fly up . The insects caught by the ants are ...
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A ceaseless round of ever - active life weaves the forest scenery of the tropics
into one monotonous whole , of which the component parts exhibit in detail
untold variety and beauty . To the genial influence of ever - present moisture and
heat ...
A ceaseless round of ever - active life weaves the forest scenery of the tropics
into one monotonous whole , of which the component parts exhibit in detail
untold variety and beauty . To the genial influence of ever - present moisture and
heat ...
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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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