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The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the
arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the
tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic ...
The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the
arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the
tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic ...
Page 160
and did not value those of any other colour so much . They would barter a gun or
a large iron pot for a single dog , if it was of the right colour . The common dogs of
Central America are a mongrel breed — not differing , I believe , from those of ...
and did not value those of any other colour so much . They would barter a gun or
a large iron pot for a single dog , if it was of the right colour . The common dogs of
Central America are a mongrel breed — not differing , I believe , from those of ...
Page 243
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the
elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and
depresses its ...
This and other species of Calopteron are not only imitated in their colour and
markings by other families of beetles , but also in this peculiar widening of the
elytra . Besides this , the Calopteron when walking on a leaf raises and
depresses its ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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