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Page 95
... species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through others in which they differ more and more , until in Crax globicera they are quite dis- tinctly coloured , and have been described ...
... species of Crax there is a complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through others in which they differ more and more , until in Crax globicera they are quite dis- tinctly coloured , and have been described ...
Page 176
... species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness . The papaw trees growing in my garden were infested by a small brown species of Membracis - one of the leaf - hoppers - that laid ...
... species , and I shall confine my remarks to one whose habits I was able to observe with some minuteness . The papaw trees growing in my garden were infested by a small brown species of Membracis - one of the leaf - hoppers - that laid ...
Page 254
... species and genera . They are slow moving ; they have not the means of transporting themselves great distances , like insects , for example , that may easily and often pass over arms of the sea , or fly from one country to another ...
... species and genera . They are slow moving ; they have not the means of transporting themselves great distances , like insects , for example , that may easily and often pass over arms of the sea , or fly from one country to another ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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