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
... resemblance between two species . How far such accidental resemblances may be carried is probably well illustrated by the bee , the spider , and the fly orchis of our own downs and copses . " Mimicry " proper is often confused with ...
... resemblance between two species . How far such accidental resemblances may be carried is probably well illustrated by the bee , the spider , and the fly orchis of our own downs and copses . " Mimicry " proper is often confused with ...
Page xvi
... Resemblance to surrounding objects or Special Resemblance to definite objects . The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the ...
... Resemblance to surrounding objects or Special Resemblance to definite objects . The plain sandy colour of desert animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the ...
Page xviii
... of course , be understood that the mimicry is unconscious , the result , as in the cases of cryptic resemblance , having been brought Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect xviii The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
... of course , be understood that the mimicry is unconscious , the result , as in the cases of cryptic resemblance , having been brought Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect xviii The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
Page xix
... resemblance here described was 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 ...
... resemblance here described was 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 ...
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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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