The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... Fruits - Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators : Boy drowned at Blewfields by one - Their method of catching Wild Pigs . 1 CHAPTER II . Commence Journey up San Juan River ...
... Fruits - Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators : Boy drowned at Blewfields by one - Their method of catching Wild Pigs . 1 CHAPTER II . Commence Journey up San Juan River ...
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... Fruits - Plantains and Bananas : pro- bably not indigenous to America : propagated from Shoots : do not generally mature their Seeds - Fig - trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their ...
... Fruits - Plantains and Bananas : pro- bably not indigenous to America : propagated from Shoots : do not generally mature their Seeds - Fig - trees - Granadillas and Papaws - Vegetables - Dependence of Flowers on Insects for their ...
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... Fruits- Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers — Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators - Boy drowned at Blew- fields by an Alligator - Their method of catching wild Pigs . - Ar noon on the 15th February , 1868 , the ...
... Fruits- Plants - Parrots , Toucans , and Tanagers — Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms - Alligators - Boy drowned at Blew- fields by an Alligator - Their method of catching wild Pigs . - Ar noon on the 15th February , 1868 , the ...
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... fruit , orange , mango , and other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the ...
... fruit , orange , mango , and other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the ...
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... fruit like a small apple filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the cele- brated guava jelly is made . The fruit itself often occasions severe fits of indigestion , and many of the natives will not swallow the small ...
... fruit like a small apple filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from which the cele- brated guava jelly is made . The fruit itself often occasions severe fits of indigestion , and many of the natives will not swallow the small ...
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