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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... INSECT . MOSS INSECT . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA PAGE 233 239 261 319 · 348 • 380 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER I. Arrival at Greytown xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... INSECT . MOSS INSECT . SKETCH MAP OF NICARAGUA PAGE 233 239 261 319 · 348 • 380 381 382 at the end . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA . CHAPTER I. Arrival at Greytown xxxii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... insects . Amongst the numerous butter- flies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconidæ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most character- istic of tropical America ...
... insects . Amongst the numerous butter- flies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconidæ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most character- istic of tropical America ...
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... insects of different genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects ...
... insects of different genera and orders , but between insects and flowers , leaves , twigs , and bark of trees , and between insects and inanimate nature . They serve often for concealment , as when leaves are imitated by leaf - insects ...
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... insects ) , assimilating them in appearance to the vegeta- tion amongst which they sought their prey . As we proceeded up the river , the banks gradually became higher and drier , and we passed some small plantations of bananas and ...
... insects ) , assimilating them in appearance to the vegeta- tion amongst which they sought their prey . As we proceeded up the river , the banks gradually became higher and drier , and we passed some small plantations of bananas and ...
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... insects that they had captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests , and it may be convenient to place together all the facts I learnt respecting them . ECITONS , OR FORAGING ANTS . - The Ecitons ...
... insects that they had captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests , and it may be convenient to place together all the facts I learnt respecting them . ECITONS , OR FORAGING ANTS . - The Ecitons ...
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