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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Page 67
... never to bear seed in the West Indies , Malaga , India , Cochin China , or the Malay Archipelago . - Darwin's " Animals and Plants under Domestication , " vol . ii . p . 169 . thinks that some species of plantain were indigenous to ...
... never to bear seed in the West Indies , Malaga , India , Cochin China , or the Malay Archipelago . - Darwin's " Animals and Plants under Domestication , " vol . ii . p . 169 . thinks that some species of plantain were indigenous to ...
Page 70
... never produced a single pod . Darwin has shown that this flower is dependent , like many others , for its fertilization upon the operations of the busy humble - bee , and that it is provided with a wonder- ful mechanism , by means of ...
... never produced a single pod . Darwin has shown that this flower is dependent , like many others , for its fertilization upon the operations of the busy humble - bee , and that it is provided with a wonder- ful mechanism , by means of ...
Page 80
... never find any quantity of these in the burrows , and it was evident that they were used up in some way immediately they were brought in . The chambers were always about three parts filled with a speckled brown , flocculent , spongy ...
... never find any quantity of these in the burrows , and it was evident that they were used up in some way immediately they were brought in . The chambers were always about three parts filled with a speckled brown , flocculent , spongy ...
Page 82
... never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties appear to be inside , cutting them up into smaller fragments , and nursing the immature ants . I have , however , seen them running out along the paths with the ...
... never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties appear to be inside , cutting them up into smaller fragments , and nursing the immature ants . I have , however , seen them running out along the paths with the ...
Page 87
... never been reached , and taking into consideration the deep - seated forces required to produce fissures of such great length and regularity , we may safely assume that they run for miles deep into the earth —that their extension ...
... never been reached , and taking into consideration the deep - seated forces required to produce fissures of such great length and regularity , we may safely assume that they run for miles deep into the earth —that their extension ...
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