The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2002 - 344 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 xi
... birds . A companion has recorded in the following terms another matter which engaged much of his attention at this time : " The boldest of his speculations , and one of the soundest , as after - events proved , was his plan for crossing ...
... birds . A companion has recorded in the following terms another matter which engaged much of his attention at this time : " The boldest of his speculations , and one of the soundest , as after - events proved , was his plan for crossing ...
Page xviii
... birds find disagreeable , and the subject has been principally studied by experiments upon such caterpillars . But examples of warning colours are recognised , among many others , in the contrasted black and yellow of wasps , bees , and ...
... birds find disagreeable , and the subject has been principally studied by experiments upon such caterpillars . But examples of warning colours are recognised , among many others , in the contrasted black and yellow of wasps , bees , and ...
Page xix
... bird . But careful observation of the butterflies convinced both Bates and Wallace that they were avoided , or at any rate not pursued , by birds and other creatures ; and Belt found that they were rejected by his tame monkey which was ...
... bird . But careful observation of the butterflies convinced both Bates and Wallace that they were avoided , or at any rate not pursued , by birds and other creatures ; and Belt found that they were rejected by his tame monkey which was ...
Page xxi
... bird's courtship , the lying in wait of the alligator , and all the ceaseless activity of the forest - that forest so monotonous in its general features , but fascinating beyond measure when the varied life - histories working out ...
... bird's courtship , the lying in wait of the alligator , and all the ceaseless activity of the forest - that forest so monotonous in its general features , but fascinating beyond measure when the varied life - histories working out ...
Page xxix
... Birds nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia . PAGE 3 . 13 CHAPTER III Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos- Reach Machuca - Castillo ...
... Birds nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia . PAGE 3 . 13 CHAPTER III Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos- Reach Machuca - Castillo ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
CHAPTER IV | 37 |
CHAPTER V | 50 |
CHAPTER VI | 68 |
CHAPTER VII | 81 |
CHAPTER VIII | 98 |
CHAPTER XII | 165 |
CHAPTER XIII | 179 |
CHAPTER XIV | 191 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 224 |
CHAPTER XVII | 236 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 250 |
CHAPTER XIX | 258 |
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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