Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 157
... for an aërial and flower - haunting existence , but still bearing in many important peculiarities of structure the unmistakable evidences of a common origin . - V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION . General HUMMING - BIRDS . 157.
... for an aërial and flower - haunting existence , but still bearing in many important peculiarities of structure the unmistakable evidences of a common origin . - V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION . General HUMMING - BIRDS . 157.
Page 163
... evidence is by no means strong that tropical light and heat have any- thing to do with the matter . But there are other groups in which the cold and temperate zones produce finer- coloured species than the tropics . Thus the arctic ...
... evidence is by no means strong that tropical light and heat have any- thing to do with the matter . But there are other groups in which the cold and temperate zones produce finer- coloured species than the tropics . Thus the arctic ...
Page 200
... evidence that the female is influenced by colour , or even that she has any power of choice ; while there is much direct evidence to the contrary ( Descent of Man , p . 318 ) . The weak- ness of the evidence for conscious sexual ...
... evidence that the female is influenced by colour , or even that she has any power of choice ; while there is much direct evidence to the contrary ( Descent of Man , p . 318 ) . The weak- ness of the evidence for conscious sexual ...
Page 202
... evidence.1 Probable use of the Horns of Beetles . - A somewhat analogous case is furnished by the immense horns of some beetles of the families Copride and Dynastidæ , which Mr. Darwin admits are not used for fighting , and 1 See M ...
... evidence.1 Probable use of the Horns of Beetles . - A somewhat analogous case is furnished by the immense horns of some beetles of the families Copride and Dynastidæ , which Mr. Darwin admits are not used for fighting , and 1 See M ...
Page 207
... evidence of Mr. Darwin's most trustworthy correspondents , that the choice of the female , so far as she exerts any , falls upon the " most vigorous , defiant , and mettlesome male ; " and if we further believe , what is certainly the ...
... evidence of Mr. Darwin's most trustworthy correspondents , that the choice of the female , so far as she exerts any , falls upon the " most vigorous , defiant , and mettlesome male ; " and if we further believe , what is certainly the ...
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