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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 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 it is only on ...
... 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 it is only on ...
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... amongst the rocks of the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we ...
... amongst the rocks of the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we ...
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... amongst long grass and rushes that almost touched us on either side . Greytown , with its neat white houses , and ... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf ...
... amongst long grass and rushes that almost touched us on either side . Greytown , with its neat white houses , and ... amongst which we occasionally saw curious green lizards , with leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf ...
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... amongst the rust - coloured feathers of the breast . Characters such as these , very conspicuous in some species , shading off in others through various gradations to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by natural- ists to ...
... amongst the rust - coloured feathers of the breast . Characters such as these , very conspicuous in some species , shading off in others through various gradations to insignificance , if not extinction , are known by natural- ists to ...
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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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