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 642
... inches long , independently of the tail , which measures fifteen inches . The fur is thick , and black in color , with the ex- ception of a reddish - brown streak down the middle of the back . When first taken , or when kept tied up ...
... inches long , independently of the tail , which measures fifteen inches . The fur is thick , and black in color , with the ex- ception of a reddish - brown streak down the middle of the back . When first taken , or when kept tied up ...
Page 655
... inches in length of body , but the legs expanded seven inches , and the entire body and legs were covered with coarse gray and reddish hairs . I was attracted by a move- ment of the monster on a tree - trunk ; it was close beneath a ...
... inches in length of body , but the legs expanded seven inches , and the entire body and legs were covered with coarse gray and reddish hairs . I was attracted by a move- ment of the monster on a tree - trunk ; it was close beneath a ...
Page 695
... inch in length , makes a tremendous fuss while building its cell . It often chooses the walls or doors of chambers for this ... inches in length . T. aurifrons , a much smaller spe- cies , makes a neat little nest shaped like a carafe ...
... inch in length , makes a tremendous fuss while building its cell . It often chooses the walls or doors of chambers for this ... inches in length . T. aurifrons , a much smaller spe- cies , makes a neat little nest shaped like a carafe ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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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