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Page 81
... spiders , and wasps — Humming - birds , beetles , and ants - Plants and trees
— Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle -- Whitefaced monkey - Anecdotes of a
tame one - Curassows and other game birds — Trogons , woodpeckers , mot -
mots ...
... spiders , and wasps — Humming - birds , beetles , and ants - Plants and trees
— Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle -- Whitefaced monkey - Anecdotes of a
tame one - Curassows and other game birds — Trogons , woodpeckers , mot -
mots ...
Page 137
The fallen trunks of trees were a likely place for beetles , and as I had brought a
lantern with me , I stayed to examine them whilst Velasquez rode on to get some
food ready . At night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be ...
The fallen trunks of trees were a likely place for beetles , and as I had brought a
lantern with me , I stayed to examine them whilst Velasquez rode on to get some
food ready . At night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be ...
Page 243
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but ... the same movement in a longicorn
beetle ( Evander nobilis , Bates ) , which is evidently a mimetic form of this genus
.
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but ... the same movement in a longicorn
beetle ( Evander nobilis , Bates ) , which is evidently a mimetic form of this genus
.
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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