The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 632
... branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular ...
... branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular ...
Page 677
... branches . As they sported about , each emitted a few short tune- ful notes , which altogether produced a ring- ing , musical chorus that quite surprised me . cretions of vegetable matter , formed by plants and trees growing on a shoal ...
... branches . As they sported about , each emitted a few short tune- ful notes , which altogether produced a ring- ing , musical chorus that quite surprised me . cretions of vegetable matter , formed by plants and trees growing on a shoal ...
Page 697
... branches , peeping into chinks and crevices . Notes of solitary birds resounded from a distance through the wilderness . Occasionally a sulky Trogon would be seen , with its brilliant green back and rose - colored breast , perched for ...
... branches , peeping into chinks and crevices . Notes of solitary birds resounded from a distance through the wilderness . Occasionally a sulky Trogon would be seen , with its brilliant green back and rose - colored breast , perched for ...
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