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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... yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated , showing only his eyes and the pointed scales of his back above the surface . The town was now in full view ...
... yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated , showing only his eyes and the pointed scales of his back above the surface . The town was now in full view ...
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... yellow berry about the size of a cherry , called " Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are ...
... yellow berry about the size of a cherry , called " Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are ...
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... yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of tropical America . Amongst the beetles I found a curious longi- corn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown and black hairs , and closely ...
... yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of tropical America . Amongst the beetles I found a curious longi- corn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown and black hairs , and closely ...
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... yellow , and scarlet , occasionally flew over- head , and tanagers and toucans were not uncommon . Twelve miles above Castillo we reached the mouth of the Savallo , and stayed at a house there to breakfast , the owner , a German ...
... yellow , and scarlet , occasionally flew over- head , and tanagers and toucans were not uncommon . Twelve miles above Castillo we reached the mouth of the Savallo , and stayed at a house there to breakfast , the owner , a German ...
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... yellow , or white , like great single - coloured bouquets . One looked like a gigantic rhododendron , with bunches of large pink flowers . The yellow - flowered ones belong to wild cotton - trees , from the pods of which the natives ...
... yellow , or white , like great single - coloured bouquets . One looked like a gigantic rhododendron , with bunches of large pink flowers . The yellow - flowered ones belong to wild cotton - trees , from the pods of which the natives ...
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