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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Page xiv
... Birds of Chontales - The Insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the Mines - Nica- ragua as a field for Emigration - Journey to Greytown - Return to England . PAGE € 358 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE JAGUAR ALLIGATORS ...
... Birds of Chontales - The Insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the Mines - Nica- ragua as a field for Emigration - Journey to Greytown - Return to England . PAGE € 358 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE JAGUAR ALLIGATORS ...
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... BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . FLOWER OF THE PENA BLANCA INDIAN STATUES " PALOSABRE " PATH UP STEEP HILL QUISCALUS BULL'S - HORN THORN ...
... BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER PITCHER - FLOWER ( Marcgravia nepenthoides ) . FLOWER OF THE PENA BLANCA INDIAN STATUES " PALOSABRE " PATH UP STEEP HILL QUISCALUS BULL'S - HORN THORN ...
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... birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate brown jacana , with lemon yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated ...
... birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate brown jacana , with lemon yellow underwing , are the most conspicuous . A large alligator lazily crawled off a mud spit into the water , where he floated ...
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... bird is polygamous , for several of the brown ones were always seen with one of the red- and - black ones . The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly ...
... bird is polygamous , for several of the brown ones were always seen with one of the red- and - black ones . The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly ...
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... Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold Mining Company , which came down monthly in ...
... Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold Mining Company , which came down monthly in ...
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