A Series of EssaysBoD – Books on Demand, 5. apr 2018 - 248 pages Reproduction of the original: A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace |
Contents
On the Law which has regulated the introduction of New Species Pp | 15 |
On the Tendency of Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original | 30 |
Mimicry and other Protective Resemblances among Animals Pp 45129 | 39 |
The Malayan Papilionidæ or Swallowtailed Butterflies as illustrative | 84 |
On Instinct in Man and Animals Pp 201210 | 125 |
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