Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 88
... seem to have no permanent abode and to be ever wandering about in search of prey , but they make temporary habi ... seems almost impossible to imagine that the loss of so important a sense - organ can be otherwise than in- jurious ...
... seem to have no permanent abode and to be ever wandering about in search of prey , but they make temporary habi ... seems almost impossible to imagine that the loss of so important a sense - organ can be otherwise than in- jurious ...
Page 89
... seems no special adaptation to the wants of the insect . In a species of Acacia observed by Mr. Belt , the thorns are immensely large and hollow , and are always tenanted by ants . When young these thorns are soft and full of a sweetish ...
... seems no special adaptation to the wants of the insect . In a species of Acacia observed by Mr. Belt , the thorns are immensely large and hollow , and are always tenanted by ants . When young these thorns are soft and full of a sweetish ...
Page 95
... seems endless . In such a locality in the island of Borneo , nearly 300 different species were found during one dry season , while the number obtained during eight years ' collecting in the whole Malay Archipelago was about a thousand ...
... seems endless . In such a locality in the island of Borneo , nearly 300 different species were found during one dry season , while the number obtained during eight years ' collecting in the whole Malay Archipelago was about a thousand ...
Page 103
... seems to be that monkeys and all other arboreal mammals that devour eggs are entirely absent from this region . Even in South Ame- rica pigeons are scarce where monkeys are abundant , and vice versâ ; so that here we seem to get a ...
... seems to be that monkeys and all other arboreal mammals that devour eggs are entirely absent from this region . Even in South Ame- rica pigeons are scarce where monkeys are abundant , and vice versâ ; so that here we seem to get a ...
Page 106
... seems a most unnatural and in- convenient position . What can be the use of their enormous bills has been a great puzzle to naturalists , the only tolerably satisfactory solution yet arrived at 1 A Monograph of the Capitonida or ...
... seems a most unnatural and in- convenient position . What can be the use of their enormous bills has been a great puzzle to naturalists , the only tolerably satisfactory solution yet arrived at 1 A Monograph of the Capitonida or ...
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