Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They ...
... usually imagined . The three great divisions of the earth - the tropical , the temperate , and the frigid zones , may be briefly defined as the regions of uniform , of variable , and of extreme physical conditions respectively . They ...
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... usually at different times and in different places , the equalising effect is still very important . Evaporation occurs chiefly during the hottest sunshine , when it tends to moderate the extreme heat , while condensation takes place ...
... usually at different times and in different places , the equalising effect is still very important . Evaporation occurs chiefly during the hottest sunshine , when it tends to moderate the extreme heat , while condensation takes place ...
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... usually exaggerate the shortness of the tropical twilight , it being sometimes said that if we turn a page of the book we are reading when the sun disappears , by the time we turn over the next page it will be too dark to see to read ...
... usually exaggerate the shortness of the tropical twilight , it being sometimes said that if we turn a page of the book we are reading when the sun disappears , by the time we turn over the next page it will be too dark to see to read ...
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... usually so dense that but an indistinct glimmer of the sky is to be seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into scattered fragments . There is a weird gloom and a solemn silence ...
... usually so dense that but an indistinct glimmer of the sky is to be seen , and even the intense tropical sunlight only penetrates to the ground subdued and broken up into scattered fragments . There is a weird gloom and a solemn silence ...
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... usually an oasis of colour in a desert of verdure , and therefore hardly affects the general aspect of the vegetation . The equatorial forest is too gloomy for flowers , or generally even for much foliage , except of ferns and other ...
... usually an oasis of colour in a desert of verdure , and therefore hardly affects the general aspect of the vegetation . The equatorial forest is too gloomy for flowers , or generally even for much foliage , except of ferns and other ...
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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