Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page xi
... Habits of Tropical Butterflies - Ants , Wasps , and Bees - Ants - Special Relations between Ants and Vegetation - Wasps and Bees - Orthoptera and other Insects- Beetles - Wingless Insects - General Observations on Tropical Insects ...
... Habits of Tropical Butterflies - Ants , Wasps , and Bees - Ants - Special Relations between Ants and Vegetation - Wasps and Bees - Orthoptera and other Insects- Beetles - Wingless Insects - General Observations on Tropical Insects ...
Page xii
... Habits of Humming - Birds - Display of Ornaments by the Male - Food -Geographical Distribution and Variation - Humming - Birds of Juan Fernandez as illustrating Variation and Natural Selection - The Relations and Affinities of Humming ...
... Habits of Humming - Birds - Display of Ornaments by the Male - Food -Geographical Distribution and Variation - Humming - Birds of Juan Fernandez as illustrating Variation and Natural Selection - The Relations and Affinities of Humming ...
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... habit of growth , in plants that still remain unmistakably ferns . Many climb over shrubs and bushes in a most elegant manner ; others cling closely to the bark of trees like ivy . The great birds ' - nest fern ( Platycerium ) attaches ...
... habit of growth , in plants that still remain unmistakably ferns . Many climb over shrubs and bushes in a most elegant manner ; others cling closely to the bark of trees like ivy . The great birds ' - nest fern ( Platycerium ) attaches ...
Page 50
... habit that enables one soon to detect an orchidaceous plant even when not in flower , yet they vary greatly in size and aspect . Some of the small creeping species are hardly larger than mosses , while the large Grammatophyllums of ...
... habit that enables one soon to detect an orchidaceous plant even when not in flower , yet they vary greatly in size and aspect . Some of the small creeping species are hardly larger than mosses , while the large Grammatophyllums of ...
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... off , or may fail altogether , till on another occasion he stumbles on one by accident . The absence of the gregarious or social habit , so F general in the forests of extra - tropical countries , INSECTS AND FOREST FLOWERS . 65.
... off , or may fail altogether , till on another occasion he stumbles on one by accident . The absence of the gregarious or social habit , so F general in the forests of extra - tropical countries , INSECTS AND FOREST FLOWERS . 65.
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