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Page 84
In the evening this was a favourite resort of many birds that came to drink at the
pellucid stream , or catch insects playing above the water . Amongst the last was
the beautiful blue , green , and white humming - bird ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn .
) ...
In the evening this was a favourite resort of many birds that came to drink at the
pellucid stream , or catch insects playing above the water . Amongst the last was
the beautiful blue , green , and white humming - bird ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn .
) ...
Page 99
Birds and Beetles 99 ran or flew with great swiftness ; in others , leaf - cutting ants
in endless trains carried aloft their burdens of foliage , looking as they marched
along with the segments of leaves , held up vertically , like green butterflies , or a
...
Birds and Beetles 99 ran or flew with great swiftness ; in others , leaf - cutting ants
in endless trains carried aloft their burdens of foliage , looking as they marched
along with the segments of leaves , held up vertically , like green butterflies , or a
...
Page 259
I was once standing near a large tree , the trunk of which rose fully fifty feet before
it threw off a branch , when a green Anolis dropped past my face to the ground ,
followed by a long green snake that had been pursuing it amongst the foliage ...
I was once standing near a large tree , the trunk of which rose fully fifty feet before
it threw off a branch , when a green Anolis dropped past my face to the ground ,
followed by a long green snake that had been pursuing it amongst the foliage ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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