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Page 56
... fine longicorn beetle ( Taniotes scalaris , Fab . ) which laid its eggs in the green bark , and produced white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a knife to extricate them and prevent them destroying the ...
... fine longicorn beetle ( Taniotes scalaris , Fab . ) which laid its eggs in the green bark , and produced white grubs that mined into the stem . I had to dig down to them with a knife to extricate them and prevent them destroying the ...
Page 95
... fine brown colour . Dr. Sclater , in a paper read before the Zoological Society of London , June 17th , 1873 , stated that in the South and Central American species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes ...
... fine brown colour . Dr. Sclater , in a paper read before the Zoological Society of London , June 17th , 1873 , stated that in the South and Central American species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes ...
Page 153
... fine , and the place might have been made an earthly paradise . To the north - east a spur of the forest came down to within a mile of the house ; in front were grassy hills and clumps of brushwood and trees , with a clear gurgling ...
... fine , and the place might have been made an earthly paradise . To the north - east a spur of the forest came down to within a mile of the house ; in front were grassy hills and clumps of brushwood and trees , with a clear gurgling ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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