Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 20
... extensive clearings for coffee cultivation in India and Ceylon , as to cause the destruc- tion of much fertile soil which generations cannot replace , and which will surely , if not checked in time , lead to the deterioration of the ...
... extensive clearings for coffee cultivation in India and Ceylon , as to cause the destruc- tion of much fertile soil which generations cannot replace , and which will surely , if not checked in time , lead to the deterioration of the ...
Page 69
... extensive zoological groups which have a wide range in the tropics and do not equally abound in the temperate zones , are few in number , and often include such a diversity of forms , structures , and habits , as to render.
... extensive zoological groups which have a wide range in the tropics and do not equally abound in the temperate zones , are few in number , and often include such a diversity of forms , structures , and habits , as to render.
Page 76
... extensive and almost exclusively tropical families of Heliconidæ and Danaidæ , fly very slowly , with a gentle undulating or floating motion which is almost peculiar to them . Many of the strong - bodied Nymphalidæ and Hesperidæ , on ...
... extensive and almost exclusively tropical families of Heliconidæ and Danaidæ , fly very slowly , with a gentle undulating or floating motion which is almost peculiar to them . Many of the strong - bodied Nymphalidæ and Hesperidæ , on ...
Page 85
... extensive underground galleries , and the earth brought up is deposited on the surface , forming huge mounds sometimes thirty or forty yards in circum- ference , and from one to three feet high . On first seeing these vast deposits of ...
... extensive underground galleries , and the earth brought up is deposited on the surface , forming huge mounds sometimes thirty or forty yards in circum- ference , and from one to three feet high . On first seeing these vast deposits of ...
Page 95
... extensive clearings are in progress their variety seems endless . In such a locality in the island of Borneo , nearly 300 different species were found during one dry season , while the number obtained during eight years ' collecting in ...
... extensive clearings are in progress their variety seems endless . In such a locality in the island of Borneo , nearly 300 different species were found during one dry season , while the number obtained during eight years ' collecting in ...
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