The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Thomas Belt. Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of reproducing their kind . " " This imitation was first accounted ...
Thomas Belt. Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of reproducing their kind . " " This imitation was first accounted ...
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... less liked than the other species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was first intro- duced , about three hundred years ...
... less liked than the other species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was first intro- duced , about three hundred years ...
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... less slothful than the half - breeds . Will these Indians ever again attain to that pitch of civilisation at which they had arrived before the conquest ? I fear not . The whip that kept them to the mark in the old days was the continual ...
... less slothful than the half - breeds . Will these Indians ever again attain to that pitch of civilisation at which they had arrived before the conquest ? I fear not . The whip that kept them to the mark in the old days was the continual ...
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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