Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 117
... continents and larger islands , except Australia , New Guinea , and Madagascar , though the latter island possesses ... continent and in Malaya , and they are more abundant both in species and individuals . Their plaintive howling notes ...
... continents and larger islands , except Australia , New Guinea , and Madagascar , though the latter island possesses ... continent and in Malaya , and they are more abundant both in species and individuals . Their plaintive howling notes ...
Page 138
... continent are migrants , which retire in the winter to the warmer lands near or within the tropics . In the extreme north of America two species are regular summer visitants , one on the east and the other on the west of the Rocky ...
... continent are migrants , which retire in the winter to the warmer lands near or within the tropics . In the extreme north of America two species are regular summer visitants , one on the east and the other on the west of the Rocky ...
Page 140
... continent that five of these genera are peculiar to the Antilles . Even the Bahamas , so close to Florida , possess two peculiar species . The small group of islands called Tres Marias , about sixty miles from the west coast of Mexico ...
... continent that five of these genera are peculiar to the Antilles . Even the Bahamas , so close to Florida , possess two peculiar species . The small group of islands called Tres Marias , about sixty miles from the west coast of Mexico ...
Page 143
... continent very well stocked with all forms of organic life , the majority of the species would be in a state of stable equilibrium ; the most favourable variations would have been long ago selected ; and the numbers of individuals in ...
... continent very well stocked with all forms of organic life , the majority of the species would be in a state of stable equilibrium ; the most favourable variations would have been long ago selected ; and the numbers of individuals in ...
Page 147
... continent of America - the hot , moist , and uniform forest - plains of the Amazon ; the open llanos of the Orinoco ; the dry uplands of Brazil ; the sheltered valleys and forest slopes of the Eastern Andes ; the verdant plateaus , the ...
... continent of America - the hot , moist , and uniform forest - plains of the Amazon ; the open llanos of the Orinoco ; the dry uplands of Brazil ; the sheltered valleys and forest slopes of the Eastern Andes ; the verdant plateaus , the ...
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