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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... leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many but- terflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their prey , as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers amongst which they hide . I That ...
... leaves are imitated by leaf - insects and many but- terflies ; or for a disguise that enables predatory species to get within reach of their prey , as in those spiders that resemble the petals of flowers amongst which they hide . I That ...
Page 12
... leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf - insects assimilated them in appearance to the vegetation amongst which it sought its prey . we proceeded up the river , the banks gradually became higher and drier , and we passed ...
... leaf - like expansions , which like those on the leaf - insects assimilated them in appearance to the vegetation amongst which it sought its prey . we proceeded up the river , the banks gradually became higher and drier , and we passed ...
Page 15
... leaves of the Heliconia . At seven we breakfasted on a sand - bank , and got our clothes and blankets dried . There were numerous tracks of alligators , but it was too early to look for their eggs in the sand ; a month later , in March ...
... leaves of the Heliconia . At seven we breakfasted on a sand - bank , and got our clothes and blankets dried . There were numerous tracks of alligators , but it was too early to look for their eggs in the sand ; a month later , in March ...
Page 17
... leaf - cutting ants are entirely vegetable feeders , the foraging ants are hunters , and live solely on insects or other prey ; and it is a curious analogy that , like the hunting races of mankind , they have to change their hunting ...
... leaf - cutting ants are entirely vegetable feeders , the foraging ants are hunters , and live solely on insects or other prey ; and it is a curious analogy that , like the hunting races of mankind , they have to change their hunting ...
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... leaf . On the flanks , and in advance of the main body , smaller columns would be pushed out . These smaller columns would generally first flush the cock- roaches , grasshoppers , and spiders . The pursued insects would rapidly make off ...
... leaf . On the flanks , and in advance of the main body , smaller columns would be pushed out . These smaller columns would generally first flush the cock- roaches , grasshoppers , and spiders . The pursued insects would rapidly make off ...
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