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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... Papaws—Wegetables—Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their
Fertilization—Insect Plagues—Leaf-cutting Ants : their method of defoliating
Trees : their Nests—Some Trees are not touched by the Ants —Foreign Trees are
very subject ...
... Papaws—Wegetables—Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their
Fertilization—Insect Plagues—Leaf-cutting Ants : their method of defoliating
Trees : their Nests—Some Trees are not touched by the Ants —Foreign Trees are
very subject ...
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Description of San Antonio Walley—Great variety of animal life— Pitcher-
flowered Marcgravias—Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds—By Insects—
Provision in some flowers to prevent insects, not adapted for carrying the pollen,
from obtaining ...
Description of San Antonio Walley—Great variety of animal life— Pitcher-
flowered Marcgravias—Flowers fertilized by Hummingbirds—By Insects—
Provision in some flowers to prevent insects, not adapted for carrying the pollen,
from obtaining ...
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Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
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... Nicaragua–Voyage on Lake—Fresh-water Shells and Insects—Similarity of
Fresh-water productions all over the World —Distribution of European Land and
Fresh-water Shells—Discussion of the reasons why Fresh-water productions
have ...
... Nicaragua–Voyage on Lake—Fresh-water Shells and Insects—Similarity of
Fresh-water productions all over the World —Distribution of European Land and
Fresh-water Shells—Discussion of the reasons why Fresh-water productions
have ...
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358 CHAPTER XXI. Return to Santo Domingo—The Birds of Chontales—The
Insects of Chontales—Mimetic forms— Departure from the Mines—Nicaragua as
a field for Emigration—Journey to Greytown—Return to England . - e o e e - o o .
358 CHAPTER XXI. Return to Santo Domingo—The Birds of Chontales—The
Insects of Chontales—Mimetic forms— Departure from the Mines—Nicaragua as
a field for Emigration—Journey to Greytown—Return to England . - e o e e - o o .
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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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