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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... plants - Use of honey- secreting glands - Plant - lice , scale - insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous ...
... plants - Use of honey- secreting glands - Plant - lice , scale - insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths , beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths , beetles , and bugs , and I shall have many curious facts to relate concerning these mimetic ...
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... the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . over the sand - bank that extends down to the. Page 9 .
... the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. ALLIGATORS IN SAN JUAN RIVER . over the sand - bank that extends down to the. Page 9 .
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have withstood the shock ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. a rock , with such force that we were nearly all thrown down , but the strong canoe was uninjured , although no common boat could have withstood the shock ...
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... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. We started again before daylight , and at ten stopped at a small clearing for breakfast . I strolled back a little way into the gloomy forest , but it was not ...
... Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms Thomas Belt. We started again before daylight , and at ten stopped at a small clearing for breakfast . I strolled back a little way into the gloomy forest , but it was not ...
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