The Naturalist in NicaraguaUniversity of Chicago Press, 1985 - 403 pages "The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."—Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later—for example, the fact that certain plants have "standing armies" of ants that defend them. |
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Page xxix
... attack the nests of other ants- Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . . II CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar ...
... attack the nests of other ants- Birds ' nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymen- optera - Utopia . . II CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar ...
Page xxx
... attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of pre- venting them ascending young trees - Leaf - cutting ants are fungus ...
... attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migra- tion of the ants from a nest attacked - Corrosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them - Indian plan of pre- venting them ascending young trees - Leaf - cutting ants are fungus ...
Page xxxi
... attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans . 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal life ...
... attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons , woodpeckers , mot- mots , and toucans . 103 CHAPTER VIII . Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal life ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
CHAPTER III | 30 |
CHAPTER IV | 43 |
CHAPTER V | 61 |
CHAPTER VI | 85 |
CHAPTER VII | 103 |
CHAPTER VIII | 126 |
CHAPTER XII | 212 |
CHAPTER XIII | 231 |
CHAPTER XIV | 247 |
CHAPTER XV | 275 |
CHAPTER XVI | 292 |
CHAPTER XVII | 308 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 327 |
CHAPTER XX | 358 |
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