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 ix
... Insects , however , had the greatest attraction for him . He writes in his journal : " I have made a great improve- ment in the study of entomology , to which I have an ardent attachment . " And a little later : " I find I have not time ...
... Insects , however , had the greatest attraction for him . He writes in his journal : " I have made a great improve- ment in the study of entomology , to which I have an ardent attachment . " And a little later : " I find I have not time ...
Page x
... the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , he interested himself greatly in the local fauna and flora , and formed very complete collections of the Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His X The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
... the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , he interested himself greatly in the local fauna and flora , and formed very complete collections of the Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His X The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
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Thomas Belt. Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His name occurs frequently in the Transactions of the Club as the recorder of species new to the district . His health gradually improved , but it was doubtful whether he would ...
Thomas Belt. Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His name occurs frequently in the Transactions of the Club as the recorder of species new to the district . His health gradually improved , but it was doubtful whether he would ...
Page xv
... insects , which Bates had explained by his theory of " Mimicry ; " and as the subject crops up again and again in this book , the non - scientific reader will find it helpful to have before him an outline of the expanded and completed ...
... insects , which Bates had explained by his theory of " Mimicry ; " and as the subject crops up again and again in this book , the non - scientific reader will find it helpful to have before him an outline of the expanded and completed ...
Page xvi
... insect world that this principle of adaptation of animals to their environment is most fully and strakingly developed . " There are thousands of species of insects , " says Mr. Wallace again . " which rest during the day clinging to the ...
... insect world that this principle of adaptation of animals to their environment is most fully and strakingly developed . " There are thousands of species of insects , " says Mr. Wallace again . " which rest during the day clinging to the ...
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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