Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page ix
... allied forms in the tropics , and as showing the special mode in which natural selection has acted to bring about considerable changes in a limited period . The discussion on the nature and origin of the colours of animals and plants ...
... allied forms in the tropics , and as showing the special mode in which natural selection has acted to bring about considerable changes in a limited period . The discussion on the nature and origin of the colours of animals and plants ...
Page xii
... Allied Species of Flowers differ in Size and Beauty- Absence of Colours in Wind - fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution ...
... Allied Species of Flowers differ in Size and Beauty- Absence of Colours in Wind - fertilized Flowers - The same Theory of Colour applicable to Animals and Plants - Relation of the Colours of Flowers and their Geographical Distribution ...
Page 83
... allied species when walking barefoot in the forest on the Upper Rio Negro . It caused such pain and swelling of the leg that I had some difficulty in reaching home , and was confined to my room for two days . Sir Robert Schomburgh ...
... allied species when walking barefoot in the forest on the Upper Rio Negro . It caused such pain and swelling of the leg that I had some difficulty in reaching home , and was confined to my room for two days . Sir Robert Schomburgh ...
Page 84
... allied genus , Solenopsis , consists of red ants , which , in the Moluccas , frequent houses , and are a most terrible pest . They form colonies underground , and work their way up through the floors , devouring everything eatable ...
... allied genus , Solenopsis , consists of red ants , which , in the Moluccas , frequent houses , and are a most terrible pest . They form colonies underground , and work their way up through the floors , devouring everything eatable ...
Page 85
... allied to the preceding , but is even more destructive , though it seems to confine itself to vegetable products . It forms extensive underground galleries , and the earth brought up is deposited on the surface , forming huge mounds ...
... allied to the preceding , but is even more destructive , though it seems to confine itself to vegetable products . It forms extensive underground galleries , and the earth brought up is deposited on the surface , forming huge mounds ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants Asia attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become birds blue brilliant butterflies carnivora causes changes character characteristic climate colour Colours of Animals comparatively conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct Eocene equator equatorial zone existence extensive fact families fauna favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forests fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia marsupials Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists North northern observed occur ocean ornaments Palearctic parrots peculiar perhaps phenomena plants plumage probably produced proportion protection rays region remarkable resemble sexual selection showy slender sometimes South America species spots structure sun-birds surface tail temperate zones temperature theory tints tion trees tropical trunks Ungulata variation varied variety vegetation whole wings yellow