Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 24
... blue colour of the sky is probably not so intense as in many parts of the temperate zone , while the brilliancy of the moon and stars is not perceptibly greater than that of our clearest frosty nights , and is undoubtedly much inferior ...
... blue colour of the sky is probably not so intense as in many parts of the temperate zone , while the brilliancy of the moon and stars is not perceptibly greater than that of our clearest frosty nights , and is undoubtedly much inferior ...
Page 64
... blue colour , indicating the position of handsome flowering trees . The well - established relation between coloured flowers and the need of insects to fertilize them , may perhaps be connected with the comparative scarcity of the ...
... blue colour , indicating the position of handsome flowering trees . The well - established relation between coloured flowers and the need of insects to fertilize them , may perhaps be connected with the comparative scarcity of the ...
Page 73
... blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about in the woods near Malacca— and of the golden - green Ornithopteras sailing on bird- like ...
... blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about in the woods near Malacca— and of the golden - green Ornithopteras sailing on bird- like ...
Page 74
... blue or golden or deep red spots . Others again have spots and markings as of molten silver or gold , while several have changeable hues , like shot- silk or richly - coloured opal . The form of the wings , again , often attracts ...
... blue or golden or deep red spots . Others again have spots and markings as of molten silver or gold , while several have changeable hues , like shot- silk or richly - coloured opal . The form of the wings , again , often attracts ...
Page 75
... blue and purple . A superbly adorned creature , the Callithea Markii , having wings of a thick texture , coloured sapphire - blue and orange , was only an occasional visitor . On certain days , when the weather was very calm , two small ...
... blue and purple . A superbly adorned creature , the Callithea Markii , having wings of a thick texture , coloured sapphire - blue and orange , was only an occasional visitor . On certain days , when the weather was very calm , two small ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become beetles birds blue Borneo brilliant butterflies carnivora causes change of colour character characteristic climate Colours of Animals conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct elegant equatorial zone existence extensive fact families favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forest-trees fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez kinds land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists nests North observed occur organic ornaments Palearctic palms 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 toucans trees trunks uneatable variation varied variety various vegetation whole wings yellow