The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ. M. Dent & Sons, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 25
... head of the Articulata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how , in geological history , the appearance and development of these two orders ( culminating , one in the Ants ; the other in the Primates ) ...
... head of the Articulata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how , in geological history , the appearance and development of these two orders ( culminating , one in the Ants ; the other in the Primates ) ...
Page 31
... head of the river , where it issues from the great lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from ... head of the navigation , point out the route as a practicable one for a ship canal between the two oceans . Instead of ...
... head of the river , where it issues from the great lake of Nicaragua , about one hundred and twenty miles from ... head of the navigation , point out the route as a practicable one for a ship canal between the two oceans . Instead of ...
Page 107
... head is the only part seen . Sometimes the green - throat would hold its ground , and then it was comical to see ... heads , and the idea of comicality arose , as it does in most of the ludicrous actions of animals , from their ...
... head is the only part seen . Sometimes the green - throat would hold its ground , and then it was comical to see ... heads , and the idea of comicality arose , as it does in most of the ludicrous actions of animals , from their ...
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