The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelDover Publications, 1975 - 394 pages |
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Page 110
... insects , strongly contrasted in their structure and manner of growth . I amassed at Caripí a very large collection of beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was ...
... insects , strongly contrasted in their structure and manner of growth . I amassed at Caripí a very large collection of beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was ...
Page 347
... Insects . - Upwards of 7,000 species of insects were found in the neighbourhood of Ega . I must confine myself in this place to a few remarks on the order Lepidoptera , and on the ants , several kinds of which , found chiefly on the ...
... Insects . - Upwards of 7,000 species of insects were found in the neighbourhood of Ega . I must confine myself in this place to a few remarks on the order Lepidoptera , and on the ants , several kinds of which , found chiefly on the ...
Page 364
... insects . A considerable number of the species ( especially of insects ) were different from those of the four other stations , which I examined on the south side of the Solimoens , and as many of these were " representative forms ...
... insects . A considerable number of the species ( especially of insects ) were different from those of the four other stations , which I examined on the south side of the Solimoens , and as many of these were " representative forms ...
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afterwards alligator amongst animal ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds branches Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Catuá channel clothed coast colour creek distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish flocks foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit habits hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands Jabutí jaguar Japurá kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth narrow natives nearly neighbourhood neighbouring night o'clock paddle palm Paperbound Pará passed Passés pool Portuguese praia ramble Rio Negro round SAN DIEGO sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shore side skin Solimoens species specimens stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos Teffé thickets Tocantins Toucan trees tribe trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel village voyage walk whilst wild wind woods yards young