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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... latter . Concealment ; while useful at times to all animals , is absolutely essential to some ; and it is wonderful in what different ways it is attained . In cases of " cryptic resem- blance to surroundings " the shape , colouration ...
... latter . Concealment ; while useful at times to all animals , is absolutely essential to some ; and it is wonderful in what different ways it is attained . In cases of " cryptic resem- blance to surroundings " the shape , colouration ...
Page xvi
... latter . Besides General Resemblance , in which the general effects of surrounding colours are reproduced , we have Special Resemblance , in which the appearance of a par- Introduction xvii ticular object is copied in shape and outline ...
... latter . Besides General Resemblance , in which the general effects of surrounding colours are reproduced , we have Special Resemblance , in which the appearance of a par- Introduction xvii ticular object is copied in shape and outline ...
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... latter is suggested by the thin com- pressed green body of the insect , and its profile is precisely like that of the jagged edge of the fragment of leaf held over the back of the ant . Of all the Nicaraguan fauna , judging from the ...
... latter is suggested by the thin com- pressed green body of the insect , and its profile is precisely like that of the jagged edge of the fragment of leaf held over the back of the ant . Of all the Nicaraguan fauna , judging from the ...
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... latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . CHAPTER XIII Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians- The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak forests ...
... latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . CHAPTER XIII Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians- The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak forests ...
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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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