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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... Natural Selection—The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered—
The disadvantages of a covering of hair in ... Jamaily—A Deer-hunter's Family—
Totagalpa-Walls covered with Cement and Whitewashed—Ocotal—The Valley of
...
... Natural Selection—The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered—
The disadvantages of a covering of hair in ... Jamaily—A Deer-hunter's Family—
Totagalpa-Walls covered with Cement and Whitewashed—Ocotal—The Valley of
...
Page 4
The square, the open spaces, and many of the streets are covered with short
grass that makes a beautiful sward to walk on. The trade in the town is almost
entirely in the hands of foreign residents, amongst whom Mr. Hollenbeck, a
citizen ...
The square, the open spaces, and many of the streets are covered with short
grass that makes a beautiful sward to walk on. The trade in the town is almost
entirely in the hands of foreign residents, amongst whom Mr. Hollenbeck, a
citizen ...
Page 6
... “Nancito ” by the natives. It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives. Beyond the brushwood, which grows where the original forest has been
cut down, there are large trees. covered with numerous epiphytes—Tillandsias, ...
... “Nancito ” by the natives. It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives. Beyond the brushwood, which grows where the original forest has been
cut down, there are large trees. covered with numerous epiphytes—Tillandsias, ...
Page 7
Amongst the beetles I found a curious longicorn (DeSmiphora fasciculata),
covered with long brown and black hairs, and closely resembling some of the
short, thick, hairy caterpillars that are common on the bushes. Other closely allied
species ...
Amongst the beetles I found a curious longicorn (DeSmiphora fasciculata),
covered with long brown and black hairs, and closely resembling some of the
short, thick, hairy caterpillars that are common on the bushes. Other closely allied
species ...
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Many of the Smaller birds build on the branches of the bull'shorn thorm, which is
always thickly covered with small stinging honey-eating ants, that would not allow
the Ecitons to ascend these trees. Amongst the mammalia the opossums can ...
Many of the Smaller birds build on the branches of the bull'shorn thorm, which is
always thickly covered with small stinging honey-eating ants, that would not allow
the Ecitons to ascend these trees. Amongst the mammalia the opossums can ...
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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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