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 FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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Page 7
... crossed , such as a road , two or three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so , and he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his mates . I walked some distance ...
... crossed , such as a road , two or three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so , and he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his mates . I walked some distance ...
Page 17
... crossed a column of the army or foraging ants , many of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests , and it may be ...
... crossed a column of the army or foraging ants , many of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests , and it may be ...
Page 27
... crossing a water- course along a small branch , not thicker than a goose- quill . They widened this natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed ...
... crossing a water- course along a small branch , not thicker than a goose- quill . They widened this natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed ...
Page 28
... crossing of difficult places , assisting each other in danger , defending their nests at the risk of their own lives , communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division of work , the whole community ...
... crossing of difficult places , assisting each other in danger , defending their nests at the risk of their own lives , communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division of work , the whole community ...
Page 45
... crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great ...
... crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great ...
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