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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Page 20
It might easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only
have fallen into as great a danger , for the numerous birds that accompany the
army ants are ever on the outlook for any insect that may fly up , and the heavy
flying ...
It might easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only
have fallen into as great a danger , for the numerous birds that accompany the
army ants are ever on the outlook for any insect that may fly up , and the heavy
flying ...
Page 58
... for the sparkling pools are the favourite haunts of the fairy humming - birds ;
like an arrow , one will dart up the brook , and poised on wings moving with
almost invisible velocity , clothed in purple , golden , or emerald glory , hang
suspended ...
... for the sparkling pools are the favourite haunts of the fairy humming - birds ;
like an arrow , one will dart up the brook , and poised on wings moving with
almost invisible velocity , clothed in purple , golden , or emerald glory , hang
suspended ...
Page 108
In groups , by themselves , would be five or six specimens of yellow and black
Papilios , greedily sucking up the moisture , and vibrating their wings , now and
then taking short flights and settling again to drink . Hesperid¿ , too , abounded ...
In groups , by themselves , would be five or six specimens of yellow and black
Papilios , greedily sucking up the moisture , and vibrating their wings , now and
then taking short flights and settling again to drink . Hesperid¿ , too , abounded ...
Page 109
The Heliconida , a tribe of butterflies peculiar to tropical America , with long ,
narrow , weak wings , are distasteful to most animals : I have seen even spiders
drop them out of their webs again ; and small monkeys , which are extremely fond
of ...
The Heliconida , a tribe of butterflies peculiar to tropical America , with long ,
narrow , weak wings , are distasteful to most animals : I have seen even spiders
drop them out of their webs again ; and small monkeys , which are extremely fond
of ...
Page 112
The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible from a distance of a few
yards , both from their great velocity of movement and from not having the
metallic lustre of the rest of the body . The expanded white tail covered more
space than ...
The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible from a distance of a few
yards , both from their great velocity of movement and from not having the
metallic lustre of the rest of the body . The expanded white tail covered more
space than ...
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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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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