Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The ...
... ANIMALS AS INDICATING GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The ...
Page 43
... animals , so that the amount of food produced by this tribe of plants is much larger than is generally supposed . The sap which pours out of the cut flower - stalk of several species of palm when slightly fermented forms palm - wine or ...
... animals , so that the amount of food produced by this tribe of plants is much larger than is generally supposed . The sap which pours out of the cut flower - stalk of several species of palm when slightly fermented forms palm - wine or ...
Page 69
... Animal life of Equatorial Forests - Diurnal Lepidoptera or Butterflies — Peculiar Habits of Tropical Butterflies ... animals rarely play any important part in scenery , and their entire absence may pass quite un- noticed ; while the ...
... Animal life of Equatorial Forests - Diurnal Lepidoptera or Butterflies — Peculiar Habits of Tropical Butterflies ... animals rarely play any important part in scenery , and their entire absence may pass quite un- noticed ; while the ...
Page 70
... animal life ; and that , possessing a general acquaintance as an out - door observer with the animals of our own country , he carefully notes those points in which the forests of the equatorial zone offer different phenomena . Here , as ...
... animal life ; and that , possessing a general acquaintance as an out - door observer with the animals of our own country , he carefully notes those points in which the forests of the equatorial zone offer different phenomena . Here , as ...
Page 71
... animals are seen in abundance , where some particular spot is found which is more attractive than others . Brazil , moreover , is throughout poor in terrestrial mammals , and the species are of small size ; they do not , therefore ...
... animals are seen in abundance , where some particular spot is found which is more attractive than others . Brazil , moreover , is throughout poor in terrestrial mammals , and the species are of small size ; they do not , therefore ...
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