Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... tints of flower and bird and insect . Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so ...
... tints of flower and bird and insect . Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so ...
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... tints of spring , summer , and autumn , succeeded by the leafless boughs of winter , are constantly recurring phenomena which represent to us the estab lished course of nature . At the equator none of these changes occur ; there is a ...
... tints of spring , summer , and autumn , succeeded by the leafless boughs of winter , are constantly recurring phenomena which represent to us the estab lished course of nature . At the equator none of these changes occur ; there is a ...
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... tints , the bright browns and yellows of English woods ; much less the crimsons , purples , and yellows of Canada , where the dying foliage rivals , nay , excels , the expiring dolphin in splendour . Unknown the cold sleep of winter ...
... tints , the bright browns and yellows of English woods ; much less the crimsons , purples , and yellows of Canada , where the dying foliage rivals , nay , excels , the expiring dolphin in splendour . Unknown the cold sleep of winter ...
Page 92
... tint , exactly corresponds to that of the leaves of their food - plant ; and as they rest motion- less during the day , only feeding at night , they the more easily escape detection . In Java they are often kept alive on a branch of the ...
... tint , exactly corresponds to that of the leaves of their food - plant ; and as they rest motion- less during the day , only feeding at night , they the more easily escape detection . In Java they are often kept alive on a branch of the ...
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... tints . They abound on fallen tree - trunks and on foliage , in the hottest sunshine , and are among the most brilliant ornaments of the tropical forests . Some parts of the temperate zone , especially Australia and Chili , abound in ...
... tints . They abound on fallen tree - trunks and on foliage , in the hottest sunshine , and are among the most brilliant ornaments of the tropical forests . Some parts of the temperate zone , especially Australia and Chili , abound in ...
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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