The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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... amongst moths , beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances . To those not acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I must explain that we have to ...
... amongst moths , beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic resemblances . To those not acquainted with Mr. Bates's admirable remarks on mimetic forms , I must explain that we have to ...
Page 10
... amongst the soil , the alligator never moves until one gets within its reach , when it seizes it and hurries off to the river with it . They are often seen in hot weather on logs or sand - spits lying with their mouths wide open . The ...
... amongst the soil , the alligator never moves until one gets within its reach , when it seizes it and hurries off to the river with it . They are often seen in hot weather on logs or sand - spits lying with their mouths wide open . The ...
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... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions ( like those on the leaf- insects ) , assimilating them in appearance to the vegeta- tion amongst which they sought their prey . As we proceeded up ...
... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions ( like those on the leaf- insects ) , assimilating them in appearance to the vegeta- tion amongst which they sought their prey . As we proceeded up ...
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... amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety depended on its immovability , that it allowed me to pick it ...
... amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety depended on its immovability , that it allowed me to pick it ...
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... amongst the ants in this respect , that they have no fixed habitations , but move on from one place to another , as they exhaust the hunting grounds around them . I think Eciton hamata does not stay more than four or five days in one ...
... amongst the ants in this respect , that they have no fixed habitations , but move on from one place to another , as they exhaust the hunting grounds around them . I think Eciton hamata does not stay more than four or five days in one ...
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