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Thomas Belt. Introduction xix about by natural selection - the less perfect the mimicry the more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for ...
Thomas Belt. Introduction xix about by natural selection - the less perfect the mimicry the more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for ...
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... less liked than the other species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was first intro- duced , about three hundred years ...
... less liked than the other species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was first intro- duced , about three hundred years ...
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... Less . ) . Along with these , a brownish - coloured bird , reddish on the breast and top of the head ( Phænico- thraupis fusicauda , Cab . ) , flew sociably ; whilst generally somewhere in the vicinity , as evening drew on , a brown ...
... Less . ) . Along with these , a brownish - coloured bird , reddish on the breast and top of the head ( Phænico- thraupis fusicauda , Cab . ) , flew sociably ; whilst generally somewhere in the vicinity , as evening drew on , a brown ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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