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 633
... beautiful weather that pre- vails when it takes place , namely , in the middle of the fine season , on the ten days preceding the full moon in October or November . Pará is then seen at its best . The weather is not too dry , for three ...
... beautiful weather that pre- vails when it takes place , namely , in the middle of the fine season , on the ten days preceding the full moon in October or November . Pará is then seen at its best . The weather is not too dry , for three ...
Page 651
... beautiful bird , with glossy - green back and rose - colored breast probably Trogon melanurus ) . At intervals it uttered , in a complaining tone , a sound re- sembling the words quá , quá . It is a dull inactive bird , and not very ...
... beautiful bird , with glossy - green back and rose - colored breast probably Trogon melanurus ) . At intervals it uttered , in a complaining tone , a sound re- sembling the words quá , quá . It is a dull inactive bird , and not very ...
Page 665
... beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was remarkable , seeing that this order is so poorly represented near Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of ...
... beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was remarkable , seeing that this order is so poorly represented near Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of ...
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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 larv¿ 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