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Page 17
Foraging Ants 17 some species , shading off in others through various gradations
to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by naturalists to occur in numerous
genera ; and so far they have only been explained on the supposition of the ...
Foraging Ants 17 some species , shading off in others through various gradations
to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by naturalists to occur in numerous
genera ; and so far they have only been explained on the supposition of the ...
Page 124
Numerous brown and yellow fly - catchers sat on small dead branches , and
darted off every now and then after passing insects . A couple of beautiful mot -
mots ( Euniomota superciliaris ) made short flights after the larger insects , or sat
on ...
Numerous brown and yellow fly - catchers sat on small dead branches , and
darted off every now and then after passing insects . A couple of beautiful mot -
mots ( Euniomota superciliaris ) made short flights after the larger insects , or sat
on ...
Page 142
Some of the fine longicorns that appear in April were numerous . No less than
five specimens of a large and beautiful one ( Deliathis nivea , Bates ) , white , with
black spots , that we considered one of our greatest rarities , were taken in that ...
Some of the fine longicorns that appear in April were numerous . No less than
five specimens of a large and beautiful one ( Deliathis nivea , Bates ) , white , with
black spots , that we considered one of our greatest rarities , were taken in that ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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