Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... whole chapter on " The Colours of Animals ; " because the view set forth and illustrated in the first part of that chapter - that colour in nature is normal , and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its ...
... whole chapter on " The Colours of Animals ; " because the view set forth and illustrated in the first part of that chapter - that colour in nature is normal , and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its ...
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... whole area of the globe , it becomes hardly possible for any currents of air to reach the equatorial belt without being previously warmed by contact with the earth or ocean , or by mixture with the heated surface - air which is found in ...
... whole area of the globe , it becomes hardly possible for any currents of air to reach the equatorial belt without being previously warmed by contact with the earth or ocean , or by mixture with the heated surface - air which is found in ...
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... whole , then , we must decide , that uniformity and abundance , rather than any excessive manifestations , are the prevailing characteristic of all the climatal phenomena of the equatorial zone . Concluding Remarks . — We cannot better ...
... whole , then , we must decide , that uniformity and abundance , rather than any excessive manifestations , are the prevailing characteristic of all the climatal phenomena of the equatorial zone . Concluding Remarks . — We cannot better ...
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... whole eastern horizon would become almost suddenly black , and this would spread upwards , the sun at length becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree - tops ; a vivid flash of ...
... whole eastern horizon would become almost suddenly black , and this would spread upwards , the sun at length becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree - tops ; a vivid flash of ...
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... whole tree is arrested by a neighbour to which the creeper soon transfers itself in order to reach the upper light . When by the fall of a branch the creepers are left hanging in the air , they may be blown about by the wind and catch ...
... whole tree is arrested by a neighbour to which the creeper soon transfers itself in order to reach the upper light . When by the fall of a branch the creepers are left hanging in the air , they may be blown about by the wind and catch ...
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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