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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Page 760
... Eciton drepanophora . - The commonest spe- cies of foraging ants are the Eciton hamata and E. drepanophora , two kinds which re- semble each other so closely that it requires attentive examination to distinguish them ; yet their armies ...
... Eciton drepanophora . - The commonest spe- cies of foraging ants are the Eciton hamata and E. drepanophora , two kinds which re- semble each other so closely that it requires attentive examination to distinguish them ; yet their armies ...
Page 761
... Eciton prædator . - This is a small dark - red- dish species , very similar to the common red stinging ant of England . It differs from all other Ecitons in its habit of hunting , not in columns , but in dense phalanxes consisting of ...
... Eciton prædator . - This is a small dark - red- dish species , very similar to the common red stinging ant of England . It differs from all other Ecitons in its habit of hunting , not in columns , but in dense phalanxes consisting of ...
Page 762
... Eciton , the E. crassicornis , whose eyes are sunk in rather deep sockets . This ant goes on foraging expeditions , like the rest of its tribe , and attacks even the nests of other stinging species ( Myrmica ) , but it avoids the light ...
... Eciton , the E. crassicornis , whose eyes are sunk in rather deep sockets . This ant goes on foraging expeditions , like the rest of its tribe , and attacks even the nests of other stinging species ( Myrmica ) , but it avoids the light ...
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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