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Page xxxii
... The glacial period in Central AmericaEvidence that the ice extended to the
tropics Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels ... Isthmus of Darien - The refuge of
the tropical American animals and plants during the glacial period — The
lowering of ...
... The glacial period in Central AmericaEvidence that the ice extended to the
tropics Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels ... Isthmus of Darien - The refuge of
the tropical American animals and plants during the glacial period — The
lowering of ...
Page 57
There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical
America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to
that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has
been long ...
There are many humble - bees , of different species from ours , in tropical
America ; but none of them frequented the flowers of the scarlet runner , and to
that circumstance we may safely ascribe its sterility . An analogous case has
been long ...
Page 205
It is the answer to the question , What became of the many peculiar tropical
American genera of animals and plants , when a great part of the tropics was
covered with ice , and the climate of the lower lands much colder than now ? For
instance ...
It is the answer to the question , What became of the many peculiar tropical
American genera of animals and plants , when a great part of the tropics was
covered with ice , and the climate of the lower lands much colder than now ? For
instance ...
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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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