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 626
... similar , in general appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the ...
... similar , in general appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the ...
Page 631
... similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his ...
... similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his ...
Page 673
... similar strong nervure , but this is scored like a file only in one of them , in the other remaining perfectly smooth . Other species of the family to which the Tananá belongs have similar stridulating organs , but in none are these so ...
... similar strong nervure , but this is scored like a file only in one of them , in the other remaining perfectly smooth . Other species of the family to which the Tananá belongs have similar stridulating organs , but in none are these so ...
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