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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Page xi
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 ...
Page 8
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
Page 13
13. forest, which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with
many tall, graceful palms; the undergrowth being ferns, small palms, Melastomac,
Heliconiae, &c. The houses at the plantations were mostly miserable thatched
huts ...
13. forest, which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with
many tall, graceful palms; the undergrowth being ferns, small palms, Melastomac,
Heliconiae, &c. The houses at the plantations were mostly miserable thatched
huts ...
Page 20
Besides the ant-thrushes, trogons, creepers, and a variety of other birds, are often
seen on the branches of trees above where an ant army is foraging below,
pursuing and catching the insects that fly up. The insects caught by the ants are ...
Besides the ant-thrushes, trogons, creepers, and a variety of other birds, are often
seen on the branches of trees above where an ant army is foraging below,
pursuing and catching the insects that fly up. The insects caught by the ants are ...
Page 59
A ceaseless round of ever-active life weaves the forest scenery of the tropics into
one monotonous whole, of which the component parts exhibit in detail untold
variety and beauty. To the genial influence of ever-present moisture and heat we
...
A ceaseless round of ever-active life weaves the forest scenery of the tropics into
one monotonous whole, of which the component parts exhibit in detail untold
variety and beauty. To the genial influence of ever-present moisture and heat we
...
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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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