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 673
... common field - cricket of Europe , the male has been ob- served to place itself , in the evening , at the entrance of its burrow , and stridulate until a female approaches , when the louder notes are succeeded by a more subdued tone ...
... common field - cricket of Europe , the male has been ob- served to place itself , in the evening , at the entrance of its burrow , and stridulate until a female approaches , when the louder notes are succeeded by a more subdued tone ...
Page 706
... common turkey , which has been introduced into the country , is much prized by them . house of Senhor Antonio Malagueita , a mameluco settler whom we had been recom- mended to visit . His house and outbuildings were extensive , the ...
... common turkey , which has been introduced into the country , is much prized by them . house of Senhor Antonio Malagueita , a mameluco settler whom we had been recom- mended to visit . His house and outbuildings were extensive , the ...
Page 731
... common , sometimes three or four tenanting a single tree , clinging as usual to the branches . On approaching a tree thus peopled , a number of little jets of a clear liquid would be seen squirted from aloft . I have often received the ...
... common , sometimes three or four tenanting a single tree , clinging as usual to the branches . On approaching a tree thus peopled , a number of little jets of a clear liquid would be seen squirted from aloft . I have often received the ...
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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