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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... light , resting on broad sandy beaches and palm- thatched huts , reproduced the effect of a midwinter scene in the ccid north when a coating of snow lies on the landscape . A heavy shower falls about once a week , and the shrubby ...
... light , resting on broad sandy beaches and palm- thatched huts , reproduced the effect of a midwinter scene in the ccid north when a coating of snow lies on the landscape . A heavy shower falls about once a week , and the shrubby ...
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... light - brown allied species ( Cebus albi frons ? ) , and killed one as a specimen . resident on this side of the river told us that I heard that the white Cebus , the Caiarára the white kind was found farther to the branca , a kind of ...
... light - brown allied species ( Cebus albi frons ? ) , and killed one as a specimen . resident on this side of the river told us that I heard that the white Cebus , the Caiarára the white kind was found farther to the branca , a kind of ...
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... Light Science for Leisure Hours . Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects . Hereditary Traits , and other Essays . The Physical Basis of Life . With other Essays . AND Lectures on Evolution . With an Appendix on the Study of Biology ...
... Light Science for Leisure Hours . Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects . Hereditary Traits , and other Essays . The Physical Basis of Life . With other Essays . AND Lectures on Evolution . With an Appendix on the Study of Biology ...
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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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