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 ix
... Mot-mots— Foraging Ants: their method of Hunting—AntThrushes—They
attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how preserved from them—
Reasoning powers in Ants—Parallel between the Mammalia and the
Hymenoptera—Utopia.
... Mot-mots— Foraging Ants: their method of Hunting—AntThrushes—They
attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how preserved from them—
Reasoning powers in Ants—Parallel between the Mammalia and the
Hymenoptera—Utopia.
Page x
... 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 to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants—Migration of the
Ants ...
... 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 to their attack— Method of Destroying the Ants—Migration of the
Ants ...
Page xi
... Beetles, and Ants—Plants and Trees—Timber—Monkey attacked by Eagle —
White-faced Monkey—Anecdotes of a tame one—Curassows and other game
Birds—Trogons, Woodpeckers, Mot-mots, and Toucans & CHAPTER VIII.
... Beetles, and Ants—Plants and Trees—Timber—Monkey attacked by Eagle —
White-faced Monkey—Anecdotes of a tame one—Curassows and other game
Birds—Trogons, Woodpeckers, Mot-mots, and Toucans & CHAPTER VIII.
Page xii
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 ...
Page xiii
Cattle-raising—Don Filiberto Trano's new House—Horse-flies and Wasps—
Teustepe—Spider imitating Ants—Mimetic Species— Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention—
Accident to ...
Cattle-raising—Don Filiberto Trano's new House—Horse-flies and Wasps—
Teustepe—Spider imitating Ants—Mimetic Species— Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention—
Accident to ...
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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 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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