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Page 88
Another fine humming - bird seen about this brook was the long - billed , fire -
throated Heliomaster pallidiceps ( Gould ) , Tongue of Humming - bird , with the
blades a little opened generally engaged in probing long narrow - throated red ...
Another fine humming - bird seen about this brook was the long - billed , fire -
throated Heliomaster pallidiceps ( Gould ) , Tongue of Humming - bird , with the
blades a little opened generally engaged in probing long narrow - throated red ...
Page 111
I went back into the forest along a path where I had often seen the great
footmarks of the tapir . After riding about a couple of miles , I heard the notes of
some birds , and , dismounting , tied up my mule , and pushed through the
bushes .
I went back into the forest along a path where I had often seen the great
footmarks of the tapir . After riding about a couple of miles , I heard the notes of
some birds , and , dismounting , tied up my mule , and pushed through the
bushes .
Page 169
I had heard in other parts stories of bulls being engraved or painted on rocks , but
was very doubtful about their being true , as , up to the advent of the Spaniards ,
the Indians of Central America had never seen any cattle ; and since the ...
I had heard in other parts stories of bulls being engraved or painted on rocks , but
was very doubtful about their being true , as , up to the advent of the Spaniards ,
the Indians of Central America had never seen any cattle ; and since the ...
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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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