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 28
... nests at the risk of their own lives , communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division of work , the whole community taking charge of the rearing of the young , and all imbued with the strongest sense ...
... nests at the risk of their own lives , communicating information rapidly to a great distance , making a regular division of work , the whole community taking charge of the rearing of the young , and all imbued with the strongest sense ...
Page 61
... nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants- Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroy- ing the ants - Migration of the ants from a nest attacked - Cor- rosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them ...
... nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants- Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroy- ing the ants - Migration of the ants from a nest attacked - Cor- rosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them ...
Page 66
... eaten as a vegetable , and resembles vegetable marrow . At Santo Domingo , it continues to bear a succession. COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO . NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT . 66 [ Ch . V. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... eaten as a vegetable , and resembles vegetable marrow . At Santo Domingo , it continues to bear a succession. COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE AT SANTO DOMINGO . NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT . 66 [ Ch . V. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
Page 72
... leaves having been persistently bitten off as they attempted to grow after their first defoliation . Under high trees in the thick forest the ants do not make their nests , because 72 [ Ch . V. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... leaves having been persistently bitten off as they attempted to grow after their first defoliation . Under high trees in the thick forest the ants do not make their nests , because 72 [ Ch . V. THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
Page 73
... nests , because , I believe , the ventilation of their underground galleries , about which they are very particular , would be inter- fered with , and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees . It is on the outskirts of the forest , or ...
... nests , because , I believe , the ventilation of their underground galleries , about which they are very particular , would be inter- fered with , and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees . It is on the outskirts of the forest , or ...
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