The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 19
... insects , take shelter in the first hiding - place they found , only to be driven out again , or perhaps caught by ... insects they disturb . Besides the ant- thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are often seen ...
... insects , take shelter in the first hiding - place they found , only to be driven out again , or perhaps caught by ... insects they disturb . Besides the ant- thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are often seen ...
Page 101
... insects carry the pollen from one flower to another , but many flowers , like the Marcgravia , are specially adapted to secure the aid of small birds , particularly humming - birds , for this purpose . Amongst these , the " palosabre ...
... insects carry the pollen from one flower to another , but many flowers , like the Marcgravia , are specially adapted to secure the aid of small birds , particularly humming - birds , for this purpose . Amongst these , the " palosabre ...
Page 143
... insects there can be no doubt ; and it is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality amongst the fowls , many ...
... insects there can be no doubt ; and it is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality amongst the fowls , many ...
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