Equatorial Lepidoptera, Vol. 5: Collected by Mr. Buckley, April 11, 1877 (Classic Reprint) baixar o livro de graça

Excerpt from Equatorial Lepidoptera, Vol. 5: Collected by Mr. Buckley, April 11, 1877 I do not, of course, compare the collection of Mr. Buckley with the perennial collections of Bates and Wallace, which increased by one-third the known butterflies; but I do not hesitate in saying, that during the twenty-five years in which I have been a student of these things, no such single collection (either for its perfection or extent) has been brought to Europe. Mr. Buckley was only absent from England fourteen months; he had to cross the Andes from Guayaquil to reach his hunting-ground, had almost constant rain during his absence, and yet contrived to bring home with him 5000 butterflies, most of them as fresh and beautiful as if they had been reared from the caterpillars at home. I did not think it necessary, in describing the new species, to attach the exact locality to each, since they were all taken over a district less in extent than that of England: but to meet the wishes of others, who think differently, I have added a list of the species, with the precise locality of each. The furthest point reached by Mr. Buckley was St. Rosas, on the Napo river. He left Guayaquil on the 5th of July, 1868, and, after staying ten days at Riobamba and Banos, and nearly two months at St. Ines (a solitary hut), he reached Canelos on the 17th of October. From Canelos he went to Sarayaco, leaving it on the 30th of November for St. Rosas, staying on his way for a month at Curaray. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.