Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... Means of Recognition - Colour proportionate to Integumentary Development - Selection by Females not a Cause of Colour - Probable Use of the Horns of Beetles - Cause of the greater Brilliancy of some Female Insects - Origin of the ...
... Means of Recognition - Colour proportionate to Integumentary Development - Selection by Females not a Cause of Colour - Probable Use of the Horns of Beetles - Cause of the greater Brilliancy of some Female Insects - Origin of the ...
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... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth — the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth — the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
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... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
... means of so simple a nature as are usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme ...
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... means remarkably different in the two places , 90 ° Fahr . being sometimes reached with us and not being often very ... Mean Temperature at Balavia & London . 90 85 4 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... means remarkably different in the two places , 90 ° Fahr . being sometimes reached with us and not being often very ... Mean Temperature at Balavia & London . 90 85 4 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
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Alfred Russel Wallace. Monthly Mean Temperature at Balavia & London . 90 85 Mean Highest Fahr 90 85 35 Batavia 80 80 25 Meah Lowest 75 75 70 20 65 65 60 55 50 45 Mean Highest 70 65 60 London 55 30 50 45 40 40 Meah Lowest 35 3 35 35 30 30 ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. Monthly Mean Temperature at Balavia & London . 90 85 Mean Highest Fahr 90 85 35 Batavia 80 80 25 Meah Lowest 75 75 70 20 65 65 60 55 50 45 Mean Highest 70 65 60 London 55 30 50 45 40 40 Meah Lowest 35 3 35 35 30 30 ...
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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