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 xv
... Origin of Species in 1859 , Belt had become an ardent evolu- tionist , and was henceforth always on the look - out for facts in support of the theories which had breathed such new life into biological studies . In Nicaragua he devoted ...
... Origin of Species in 1859 , Belt had become an ardent evolu- tionist , and was henceforth always on the look - out for facts in support of the theories which had breathed such new life into biological studies . In Nicaragua he devoted ...
Page xix
... origin of the theory of Protective Mimicry , the conditions under which it occurs being , according to Mr. Wallace : ( 1 ) That the imitative species occur in the same area and occupy the same station as the imitated . ( 2 ) That the ...
... origin of the theory of Protective Mimicry , the conditions under which it occurs being , according to Mr. Wallace : ( 1 ) That the imitative species occur in the same area and occupy the same station as the imitated . ( 2 ) That the ...
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... Origin of Whirlwinds , Phil . Mag . , vol . 17 , 1859 , pp . 47-53 ; Mineral Veins : an Inquiry into their Origin founded on a Study of the Auriferous Quartz Veins of Australia , London , 1861 ; On some Recent Movements of the Earth's ...
... Origin of Whirlwinds , Phil . Mag . , vol . 17 , 1859 , pp . 47-53 ; Mineral Veins : an Inquiry into their Origin founded on a Study of the Auriferous Quartz Veins of Australia , London , 1861 ; On some Recent Movements of the Earth's ...
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... Origin of gourd - shaped pottery- Coyotes - Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the 27 earliest times in ...
... Origin of gourd - shaped pottery- Coyotes - Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the 27 earliest times in ...
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... Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of Plutonic rocks . CHAPTER VII Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua - Excursions around Santo Domingo - The Artigua - Corruption of ancient names -Butterflies ...
... Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of Plutonic rocks . CHAPTER VII Climate of the north - eastern side of Nicaragua - Excursions around Santo Domingo - The Artigua - Corruption of ancient names -Butterflies ...
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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