The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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... Nest attacked—Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them
—Indian plan of preventing their ascending young Trees—Leaf-cutting Ants are
fungus-growers and eaters— Sagacity of the Ants . © * e & g & 61 * CHAPTER WI
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... Nest attacked—Corrosive Sublimate causes a sort of Madness amongst them
—Indian plan of preventing their ascending young Trees—Leaf-cutting Ants are
fungus-growers and eaters— Sagacity of the Ants . © * e & g & 61 * CHAPTER WI
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On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
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Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread-fruit, orange, mango, and
other tropical fruit trees. A lovely Creeper (Antigonon leptopus), with festoons of
pink and rose-coloured flowers, adorns some of the gardens. It is called la ...
Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread-fruit, orange, mango, and
other tropical fruit trees. A lovely Creeper (Antigonon leptopus), with festoons of
pink and rose-coloured flowers, adorns some of the gardens. It is called la ...
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When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed, such as a road, two or
three of the females will fly across first, before the male will venture to do so; and
he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his ...
When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed, such as a road, two or
three of the females will fly across first, before the male will venture to do so; and
he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his ...
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hosts of imitators amongst moths, beetles, and bugs, and I shall have many
curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances. To those not
acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms, I must explain
that it is ...
hosts of imitators amongst moths, beetles, and bugs, and I shall have many
curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances. To those not
acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms, I must explain
that it is ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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