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Page 103
It was so small , and the spider so heavy , that it probably could not have raised if
from the ground by flight . All over the world there 1 Natural Selection , by A. R.
Wallace , p . 272 . are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of.
It was so small , and the spider so heavy , that it probably could not have raised if
from the ground by flight . All over the world there 1 Natural Selection , by A. R.
Wallace , p . 272 . are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of.
Page 122
It had been raining for weeks at Libertad , and everywhere the ground was wet
and swampy , but two miles on the other side of the range the ground was quite
dry , and so it continued to Juigalpa . Dry gravelly hills , cover 1 with low scrubby
...
It had been raining for weeks at Libertad , and everywhere the ground was wet
and swampy , but two miles on the other side of the range the ground was quite
dry , and so it continued to Juigalpa . Dry gravelly hills , cover 1 with low scrubby
...
Page 259
In the forest I always saw the “ pisoti hunting in large bands , from which an
iguana would have small chance of escape , for some were searching along the
ground whilst others ranged over the branches of the trees . Other tree - lizards
also ...
In the forest I always saw the “ pisoti hunting in large bands , from which an
iguana would have small chance of escape , for some were searching along the
ground whilst others ranged over the branches of the trees . Other tree - lizards
also ...
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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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