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 Forms |
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Page 87
Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send
thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks , they resemble coal seams that have been
turned up on edge , so as to be vertical instead of horizontal . They run for a great
...
Excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often branch and send
thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks , they resemble coal seams that have been
turned up on edge , so as to be vertical instead of horizontal . They run for a great
...
Page 116
leaves ; but the ant soon discovered it , paralysed it with a sting , and was running
away with it , turned back downwards , beneath itself , when I secured the hunter
for my collection . All these ants that hunt singly , have the eyes well developed ...
leaves ; but the ant soon discovered it , paralysed it with a sting , and was running
away with it , turned back downwards , beneath itself , when I secured the hunter
for my collection . All these ants that hunt singly , have the eyes well developed ...
Page 129
A second species of Marcgravia that I found in the woods around Santo Domingo
has the pitchers placed close to the pedicels of the flowers , so that the birds must
approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned ...
A second species of Marcgravia that I found in the woods around Santo Domingo
has the pitchers placed close to the pedicels of the flowers , so that the birds must
approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned ...
Page 132
... the whole economy of this plant to procure cross fertilisation would be upset . *
The open flower of the foxglove hangs downwards . The lower part , or dilated
opening of the tube , is turned outwards , and has scattered stiff hairs distributed ...
... the whole economy of this plant to procure cross fertilisation would be upset . *
The open flower of the foxglove hangs downwards . The lower part , or dilated
opening of the tube , is turned outwards , and has scattered stiff hairs distributed ...
Page 145
He was just opposite to me at the time , the movement caught his eye , he turned
half round , and put down his neck and head towards the ground as if he was
going to spring , and I believe he could have cleared the ground between us at a
...
He was just opposite to me at the time , the movement caught his eye , he turned
half round , and put down his neck and head towards the ground as if he was
going to spring , and I believe he could have cleared the ground between us at a
...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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