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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... flowers . You watch the tricks of the monkey , the humming - 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 ...
... flowers . You watch the tricks of the monkey , the humming - 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 ...
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... flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants : their method of defoliating ... Flowers fertilised by hum- ming birds - By insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for ...
... flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants : their method of defoliating ... Flowers fertilised by hum- ming birds - By insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for ...
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... FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) FLOWER OF THE " PALOSABRE " ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR . PENA BLANCA INDIAN STATUES • PATH UP STEEP HILL QUISCALUS . BULL'S - HORN THORN LEAF OF MELASTOMA NATIVE STILL NATIVE PLOUGH GEOLOGICAL SECTION ...
... FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) FLOWER OF THE " PALOSABRE " ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR . PENA BLANCA INDIAN STATUES • PATH UP STEEP HILL QUISCALUS . BULL'S - HORN THORN LEAF OF MELASTOMA NATIVE STILL NATIVE PLOUGH GEOLOGICAL SECTION ...
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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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