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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... ANT SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 66 80 92 93 94 111 • TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD ...
... ANT SECTION OF MINE SHOWING METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE ORE QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE . HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) Frontispiece . PAGE 9 16 66 80 92 93 94 111 • TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD ...
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... have some special protection against their enemies , are closely imi- tated by others belonging to different genera , and even different orders . Thus , wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths , beetles , and bugs.
... have some special protection against their enemies , are closely imi- tated by others belonging to different genera , and even different orders . Thus , wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths , beetles , and bugs.
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... Ants - Their method of Hunting - Ant Thrushes - They attack the 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 ...
... Ants - Their method of Hunting - Ant Thrushes - They attack the 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 ...
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... it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the forests and savannahs of Chontales . They all have several characters in Ch . II . FORAGING ANTS . 17 common ,. HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . MOT-MOTS OF CHONTALES.
... it was nearly at right angles to its body . I afterwards saw other species in the forests and savannahs of Chontales . They all have several characters in Ch . II . FORAGING ANTS . 17 common ,. HEADS OF MOT - MOTS . MOT-MOTS OF CHONTALES.
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... ANTS . 17 common , which are linked together in a series of gra- dations from species to species . One of these ... ants , many of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had captured in their foray . I ...
... ANTS . 17 common , which are linked together in a series of gra- dations from species to species . One of these ... ants , many of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had captured in their foray . I ...
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