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Page 95
Dr . Sclater , in a paper read before the Zoological Society of London , June 17th ,
1873 , stated that in the South and Central American species of Crax there is a
complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through ...
Dr . Sclater , in a paper read before the Zoological Society of London , June 17th ,
1873 , stated that in the South and Central American species of Crax there is a
complete gradation from a species in which the sexes scarcely differ , through ...
Page 176
Many of the leaf - hoppers — species , I think , of Membracis - were attended by
ants . These leaf - hoppers live in little clusters on shoots of plants and beneath
leaves , in which are hoppers in every stage of development - eggs , larv¿ , and
...
Many of the leaf - hoppers — species , I think , of Membracis - were attended by
ants . These leaf - hoppers live in little clusters on shoots of plants and beneath
leaves , in which are hoppers in every stage of development - eggs , larv¿ , and
...
Page 255
1 The wide distribution of species inhabiting fresh water compared with those
living on land has not , as we have seen , escaped the comprehensive mind of
Darwin , and in explanation of the fact , he has shown how fresh - water shells
may ...
1 The wide distribution of species inhabiting fresh water compared with those
living on land has not , as we have seen , escaped the comprehensive mind of
Darwin , and in explanation of the fact , he has shown how fresh - water shells
may ...
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