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... insects of different genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for conceal- ment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects ...
... insects of different genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for conceal- ment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects ...
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... insects , take shelter in the first hiding - place they found , only to be driven out again , or perhaps caught by ... insects they disturb . Besides the ant- thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are often seen ...
... insects , take shelter in the first hiding - place they found , only to be driven out again , or perhaps caught by ... insects they disturb . Besides the ant- thrushes , trogons , creepers , and a variety of other birds , are often seen ...
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... insects there can be no doubt ; and it is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality amongst the fowls , many ...
... insects there can be no doubt ; and it is curious that it should have attacked so many different species and classes . I am not sure that it was confined to the insects , for there was also a great mortality amongst the fowls , many ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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