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 51
... mountains of Costa Rica , amongst which dwell the Indians of the Rio Frio and other little- known tribes . Before us ... mountain brooks . Here and there were dotted thatched huts , in which dwelt the owners of the cattle , mules , and ...
... mountains of Costa Rica , amongst which dwell the Indians of the Rio Frio and other little- known tribes . Before us ... mountain brooks . Here and there were dotted thatched huts , in which dwelt the owners of the cattle , mules , and ...
Page 96
... mountain masses ; 2ndly , Irregular tortuous dykes of diabase ; 3rdly , Elvan dykes ; and , lastly , auriferous quartz veins . In every region of intrusive plutonic * Geological Magazine , September 1866 . + Quart . Journ . Geol . Soc ...
... mountain masses ; 2ndly , Irregular tortuous dykes of diabase ; 3rdly , Elvan dykes ; and , lastly , auriferous quartz veins . In every region of intrusive plutonic * Geological Magazine , September 1866 . + Quart . Journ . Geol . Soc ...
Page 106
... mountains , and those lower down the river itself , call it " Artígua . " The preservation of these old Indian names is important , as they might sometime or other throw considerable light on the early inhabitants of the country . In ...
... mountains , and those lower down the river itself , call it " Artígua . " The preservation of these old Indian names is important , as they might sometime or other throw considerable light on the early inhabitants of the country . In ...
Page 121
... ground . A similar , but much smaller , bird , called " chachalakes , " is often met with in the low scrub . Mountain hens ( species of Tinamus ) were not un- common , about the size of a plump fowl , Ch . VII . ] 121 CURASSOW BIRDS .
... ground . A similar , but much smaller , bird , called " chachalakes , " is often met with in the low scrub . Mountain hens ( species of Tinamus ) were not un- common , about the size of a plump fowl , Ch . VII . ] 121 CURASSOW BIRDS .
Page 143
... mountain hen ( Tinamus sp . ) which whirred off amongst the bushes . The dry slopes of hills are their favourite feeding - places , and around Peña Blanca they are rather plentiful ; and so , also , Ch . VIII . ] 143 ASCENT OF PEÑA BLANCA .
... mountain hen ( Tinamus sp . ) which whirred off amongst the bushes . The dry slopes of hills are their favourite feeding - places , and around Peña Blanca they are rather plentiful ; and so , also , Ch . VIII . ] 143 ASCENT OF PEÑA BLANCA .
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