Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing ...
... LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing ...
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... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
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... Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The ...
... Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The ...
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... land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer , and autumn ...
... land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer , and autumn ...
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... the heated surface of the globe . The causes that produce the westerly monsoons act in a similar manner , so that on the equator direct north or south winds , except as local land and sea breezes INFLUENCE OF WINDS . 11.
... the heated surface of the globe . The causes that produce the westerly monsoons act in a similar manner , so that on the equator direct north or south winds , except as local land and sea breezes INFLUENCE OF WINDS . 11.
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants Asia attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become birds blue brilliant butterflies carnivora causes changes character characteristic climate colour Colours of Animals comparatively conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct Eocene equator equatorial zone existence extensive fact families fauna favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forests fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia marsupials Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists North northern observed occur ocean ornaments Palearctic parrots peculiar perhaps phenomena plants plumage probably produced proportion protection rays region remarkable resemble sexual selection showy slender sometimes South America species spots structure sun-birds surface tail temperate zones temperature theory tints tion trees tropical trunks Ungulata variation varied variety vegetation whole wings yellow