Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Alfred Russel Wallace. OR 451 EW FOR LONDON : R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , BREAD STREET HILL . THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous.
Alfred Russel Wallace. OR 451 EW FOR LONDON : R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , BREAD STREET HILL . THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous.
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Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. THE TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird ...
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... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
... of every social pleasure . Land of green fields and flowers ! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty , which outshine Th ' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's clime . PREFACE . THE luxuriance and beauty of Tropical Nature is.
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... Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Palæ- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The ...
... Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Palæ- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the Great Eastern Continent - Regions of the New World - Past His- tory of the American Continents - The ...
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... land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer , and autumn ...
... land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equa- torial climate . The lengthening or the shortening days , the ever - changing tints of spring , summer , and autumn ...
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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