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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... HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . ( Momotus marti ) , sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the forests and ...
... HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . ( Momotus marti ) , sitting up on a branch of a tree , moving its long curious tail from side to side , so that it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the forests and ...
Page 23
... heads ever turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from carrying to the main army intelligence about the nest . Some of these ...
... heads ever turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from carrying to the main army intelligence about the nest . Some of these ...
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... head projecting . Several ants passed it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but it had only gone for assistance ...
... head projecting . Several ants passed it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but it had only gone for assistance ...
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... head of the Articulata . Wasps and bees come next , and then others of the Hymenoptera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian ...
... head of the Articulata . Wasps and bees come next , and then others of the Hymenoptera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian ...
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... head of which they stand , " they are many times larger than in the less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is ...
... head of which they stand , " they are many times larger than in the less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is ...
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