The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelJ. Fitzgerald, 1880 - 150 pages |
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... Cebidae , many of which have a fifth hand for climbing in their prehensile tails , adapted for this function by their strong muscular development , and the naked palms under their tips . This seems to teach us that the South American ...
... Cebidae , many of which have a fifth hand for climbing in their prehensile tails , adapted for this function by their strong muscular development , and the naked palms under their tips . This seems to teach us that the South American ...
Page 750
... ( Cebidae ) as the rest of the large - sized Amer- Martius and the Count de Castelnau , whose ican species ; but it differs from all its rel- acquisitions have been deposited in the atives in having only the rudiment of a tail , public ...
... ( Cebidae ) as the rest of the large - sized Amer- Martius and the Count de Castelnau , whose ican species ; but it differs from all its rel- acquisitions have been deposited in the atives in having only the rudiment of a tail , public ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
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afterward alligators animal ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds boat branches Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Caripí channel clothed coast color creek distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish flocks foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit ground habits hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands Japurá kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth Mundurucús natives nearly neighborhood neighboring night o'clock Obydos paddle palms Pará Pará river passed plants Portuguese ramble Rio Negro road rocinha sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shade shape shore side Solimoens species stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos tion Tocantins Toucans travelling trees tribes trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel Villa Nova village voyage walk wild wind wings woods yards young