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 50
... beautiful birds , amongst which the Sisitote , a fine black and orange songster , and a trogon ( Trogon melanocephalus , Gould ) , were the most conspicuous . We reached and crossed a high range , from the Ch . IV . ] DIFFICULT MARCH ...
... beautiful birds , amongst which the Sisitote , a fine black and orange songster , and a trogon ( Trogon melanocephalus , Gould ) , were the most conspicuous . We reached and crossed a high range , from the Ch . IV . ] DIFFICULT MARCH ...
Page 57
... beautiful flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great ropes like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and vanilla cling to the trunks , and a thousand epiphytes ...
... beautiful flowers , which do not belong to it , but to one of the lianas that twines through its branches and sends down great ropes like stems to the ground . Climbing ferns and vanilla cling to the trunks , and a thousand epiphytes ...
Page 67
... beautiful sights that can only be seen to perfection in the tropics . There are a great many varieties of them , and they are cooked in many ways - boiled , baked , made into pastry , or eaten as a fruit . The varieties differ not only ...
... beautiful sights that can only be seen to perfection in the tropics . There are a great many varieties of them , and they are cooked in many ways - boiled , baked , made into pastry , or eaten as a fruit . The varieties differ not only ...
Page 99
... beautiful specimens of crystals of quartz , fluor spar , and various ores deposited one on the other ; and the student who confines his attention to these is naturally led to believe that he sees before him the process by which mineral ...
... beautiful specimens of crystals of quartz , fluor spar , and various ores deposited one on the other ; and the student who confines his attention to these is naturally led to believe that he sees before him the process by which mineral ...
Page 103
... beautiful light evenings one can sit under the verandahs undisturbed , watching the play of the moonbeams on the waving silky leaves of the bananas , or the twinkling north star just peeping over the range in front , or " Charlie's Wain ...
... beautiful light evenings one can sit under the verandahs undisturbed , watching the play of the moonbeams on the waving silky leaves of the bananas , or the twinkling north star just peeping over the range in front , or " Charlie's Wain ...
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