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Page 105
I thought it had gone , but it returned again , and had another look at the opening
in the dense foliage down which the other half of the caterpillar lay . It then flew
away , but must have left its burden for distribution with its comrades at the nest ...
I thought it had gone , but it returned again , and had another look at the opening
in the dense foliage down which the other half of the caterpillar lay . It then flew
away , but must have left its burden for distribution with its comrades at the nest ...
Page 277
Therefore the Choluans were replaced by the more warlike Toltecs , the Toltecs
by the ruder Aztecs , and those who look at the miserable towns and villages of
the present inhabitants alongside of the ruins of the grand edifices , the roads
and ...
Therefore the Choluans were replaced by the more warlike Toltecs , the Toltecs
by the ruder Aztecs , and those who look at the miserable towns and villages of
the present inhabitants alongside of the ruins of the grand edifices , the roads
and ...
Page 292
Another fine longicorn , figured in Plate , Deliathis nivea , looks as if made of pure
white porcelain spotted with black . ... none are more worthy of notice than the
many curious species of Orthoptera that look like green and faded leaves of trees
.
Another fine longicorn , figured in Plate , Deliathis nivea , looks as if made of pure
white porcelain spotted with black . ... none are more worthy of notice than the
many curious species of Orthoptera that look like green and faded leaves of trees
.
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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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