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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... animals to lie quite still , and catch animals that come near them . Whether or not he was waiting until I came within the swoop of his mighty tail I know not , but I had the feeling that I had escaped a great danger . It was curious ...
... animals to lie quite still , and catch animals that come near them . Whether or not he was waiting until I came within the swoop of his mighty tail I know not , but I had the feeling that I had escaped a great danger . It was curious ...
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... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . 25 by all the common workers moving in one direction , many of them carrying the larvæ and pupa carefully in ...
... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] TEMPORARY ANTS ' - NESTS . 25 by all the common workers moving in one direction , many of them carrying the larvæ and pupa carefully in ...
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... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] ATTAINMENT OF UTOPIA BY ANTS . not for itself alone but for all its fellows 29 we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's description of ...
... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. Ch . II . ] ATTAINMENT OF UTOPIA BY ANTS . not for itself alone but for all its fellows 29 we may imagine that Sir Thomas More's description of ...
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... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. CHAPTER III . Journey up ... animal is too in- telligent for them . He sits quietly upon a branch of a tree until the Wari come underneath ; then ...
... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. CHAPTER III . Journey up ... animal is too in- telligent for them . He sits quietly upon a branch of a tree until the Wari come underneath ; then ...
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... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. tillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round them excepting through the town of Castillo , ad- vantage has been taken of the ...
... Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. tillo , which are difficult to ascend , and as there is no road round them excepting through the town of Castillo , ad- vantage has been taken of the ...
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