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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... Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold Mining Company , which ...
... Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in Ants - Parallel between the Mammalia and the Hymenoptera - Utopia . I FOUND at Greytown the mail - boat of the Chontales Gold Mining Company , which ...
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... nests of another ant ( Hypoclinea sp . ) , which bear their young in holes in rotten trunks of fallen timber , and are very common in cleared places . The Ch . II . ] PREY OF THE ECITONS . 20 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... nests of another ant ( Hypoclinea sp . ) , which bear their young in holes in rotten trunks of fallen timber , and are very common in cleared places . The Ch . II . ] PREY OF THE ECITONS . 20 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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... nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinea is attacked , the ants rush out , carrying the larvæ and pupae in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the Ecitons , which are running about in every direction with great swiftness ...
... nests . When a nest of the Hypoclinea is attacked , the ants rush out , carrying the larvæ and pupae in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the Ecitons , which are running about in every direction with great swiftness ...
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... nest of any other species . The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured individuals that often stop , and ...
... nest of any other species . The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured individuals that often stop , and ...
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... nest . Some of these birds , and especially the toucans , have bills beautifully adapted for picking up the ants before they reach the nest . Many of the smaller birds build on the branches of the bull's- horn thorn , which is always ...
... nest . Some of these birds , and especially the toucans , have bills beautifully adapted for picking up the ants before they reach the nest . Many of the smaller birds build on the branches of the bull's- horn thorn , which is always ...
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