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 27
... Wasps and bees come next , and then others of the Hymenoptera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian . A recent writer has ...
... Wasps and bees come next , and then others of the Hymenoptera . Between ants and the lower forms of insects there is a greater difference in reasoning powers than there is between man and the lowest mammalian . A recent writer has ...
Page 103
... Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by Eagle- White - faced Monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game Birds -Trogons , Woodpeckers , Motmots , and Toucans . THE ...
... Wasps - Humming - birds , Beetles , and Ants - Plants and Trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by Eagle- White - faced Monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game Birds -Trogons , Woodpeckers , Motmots , and Toucans . THE ...
Page 109
... wasp that catches them to store his nest with ; and whenever one of these came about , they would rise fluttering in the air , where they were safe , as I never saw the wasp attack them on the wing . It would hawk round the groups of ...
... wasp that catches them to store his nest with ; and whenever one of these came about , they would rise fluttering in the air , where they were safe , as I never saw the wasp attack them on the wing . It would hawk round the groups of ...
Page 126
... Wasps -- Humming - birds bathing - Singular Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and Jaguars - Summit of Peña Blanca . On the northern side of the Santo Domingo valley , op- posite to my house , a branch valley came down from the ...
... Wasps -- Humming - birds bathing - Singular Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and Jaguars - Summit of Peña Blanca . On the northern side of the Santo Domingo valley , op- posite to my house , a branch valley came down from the ...
Page 128
... wasp . Amongst the bushes were always to be found the beautiful scarlet and black tanager ( Rhamphocœlus passerinii , Bp . ) , and more rarely another species ( R. sanguinolentus , Less . ) . Along with these , a brownish - coloured ...
... wasp . Amongst the bushes were always to be found the beautiful scarlet and black tanager ( Rhamphocœlus passerinii , Bp . ) , and more rarely another species ( R. sanguinolentus , Less . ) . Along with these , a brownish - coloured ...
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