The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 97
... excepting the tail- coverts , which are white ; below , throat and breast clear lemon yellow , bordered with red , the rest black , excepting the under tail - coverts , red . When alive , the bill is beauti- fully painted with red ...
... excepting the tail- coverts , which are white ; below , throat and breast clear lemon yellow , bordered with red , the rest black , excepting the under tail - coverts , red . When alive , the bill is beauti- fully painted with red ...
Page 137
... excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a bubble of fresh air . Owls and night - jars make strange unearthly cries . The timid deer comes out of its close covert to feed in the grassy clearings . Jaguars , ocelots ...
... excepting when they come up with a dash to the surface for a bubble of fresh air . Owls and night - jars make strange unearthly cries . The timid deer comes out of its close covert to feed in the grassy clearings . Jaguars , ocelots ...
Page 183
... excepting a few narrow - leaved Tillandsias , no epiphytes nestle on the branches and trunks . Below , instead of shrubby palms , large - leaved heliconias , and curious melas- tomæ , the ground was bare and brown from the fallen leaves ...
... excepting a few narrow - leaved Tillandsias , no epiphytes nestle on the branches and trunks . Below , instead of shrubby palms , large - leaved heliconias , and curious melas- tomæ , the ground was bare and brown from the fallen leaves ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark Depilto dogs Ecitons feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period gold grass green Greytown ground hills humming-birds Indians inhabitants insects islands Jinotega journey Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad live lodes longicorn look maize Masaya Matagalpa Mexico miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nest Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed plains plants prey probably quartz quartz veins rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rocks rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen side slope soon Spaniards species spiders steep stones surface Teustepe told Totagalpa town trachyte travelling trees tropical America valley variety vegetation Velasquez wasps whilst wings yellow young