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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Page 82
... close up , apparently to keep up a regular degree of tempera- ture below . The great care they take that the pieces of leaves they carry into the nest should be neither too dry nor too damp , is also consistent with the idea that the ...
... close up , apparently to keep up a regular degree of tempera- ture below . The great care they take that the pieces of leaves they carry into the nest should be neither too dry nor too damp , is also consistent with the idea that the ...
Page 108
... close to the webs ; but , on getting behind them , and trying to frighten them within the silken curtain , their instinct taught them to avoid it , for , although startled , Pro- they threaded their way through open spaces and between ...
... close to the webs ; but , on getting behind them , and trying to frighten them within the silken curtain , their instinct taught them to avoid it , for , although startled , Pro- they threaded their way through open spaces and between ...
Page 109
... close up to flowers on which they alight . There is one genus with transparent wings that frequents the white- flowered shrubs in the clearings , and I have sometimes advanced my hand within six inches of them without frightening them ...
... close up to flowers on which they alight . There is one genus with transparent wings that frequents the white- flowered shrubs in the clearings , and I have sometimes advanced my hand within six inches of them without frightening them ...
Page 129
... close to the pedicels of the flowers , so that the birds must approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned upwards , and the pollen is brushed off by the breasts of the birds . In temperate latitudes we find ...
... close to the pedicels of the flowers , so that the birds must approach them from above ; and in this species the flowers are turned upwards , and the pollen is brushed off by the breasts of the birds . In temperate latitudes we find ...
Page 136
... close together , formed the marks that I had myself taken to note the place , and these the wasp seemed also to have taken as its guide , for it flew directly down to them , and ran inside ; but the small leaf on which the frag- ment of ...
... close together , formed the marks that I had myself taken to note the place , and these the wasp seemed also to have taken as its guide , for it flew directly down to them , and ran inside ; but the small leaf on which the frag- ment of ...
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