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 27
... insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian . A recent writer has argued that of all animals ants approach nearest to man in their social condition . * Perhaps if we could ...
... insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian . A recent writer has argued that of all animals ants approach nearest to man in their social condition . * Perhaps if we could ...
Page 28
... insect , and that in all the Hymenoptera , at the head of which they stand , " they are many times larger than in the less ... insects dwelling to- gether in orderly communities of many thousands of individuals , their social instincts ...
... insect , and that in all the Hymenoptera , at the head of which they stand , " they are many times larger than in the less ... insects dwelling to- gether in orderly communities of many thousands of individuals , their social instincts ...
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... insects . We had a long chase after one , which we observed some distance . from the rock , over the cracked and dried - up plain : though it could not run very fast , it doubled quickly , and the rough cracked ground made odds in its ...
... insects . We had a long chase after one , which we observed some distance . from the rock , over the cracked and dried - up plain : though it could not run very fast , it doubled quickly , and the rough cracked ground made odds in its ...
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... insects for their fertilisation —Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants — Their method of defoliating trees - Their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants- Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroy- ing ...
... insects for their fertilisation —Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants — Their method of defoliating trees - Their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants- Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroy- ing ...
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... insect . The grenadilla is the fruit of one of the passion- flowers ( Passiflora quadrangularis ) , and is shaped like a large oblong apple , which it also resembles in perfume . It makes fine tarts and puddings , being somewhat like ...
... insect . The grenadilla is the fruit of one of the passion- flowers ( Passiflora quadrangularis ) , and is shaped like a large oblong apple , which it also resembles in perfume . It makes fine tarts and puddings , being somewhat like ...
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