Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of Its ApplicationsMacmillan and Company, 1890 - 494 pages |
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... OF SPECIES IN A STATE OF NATURE Importance of variability - Popular ideas regarding it - Variability of the lower animals - The variability of insects - Variation among lizards- Variation among birds - Diagrams of bird - variation -
... OF SPECIES IN A STATE OF NATURE Importance of variability - Popular ideas regarding it - Variability of the lower animals - The variability of insects - Variation among lizards- Variation among birds - Diagrams of bird - variation -
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... insects - Butterflies - Caterpillars - Mimicry - How mimicry has been produced - Heliconida - Perfection of the imitation - Other cases of mimicry among Lepidoptera - Mimicry among protected groups - Its explanation - Extension of the ...
... insects - Butterflies - Caterpillars - Mimicry - How mimicry has been produced - Heliconida - Perfection of the imitation - Other cases of mimicry among Lepidoptera - Mimicry among protected groups - Its explanation - Extension of the ...
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... insects at sea - Insects at great altitudes - The dispersal of plants -Dispersal of seeds by the wind - Mineral matter carried by the wind -Objections to the theory of wind - dispersal answered - Explanation of north temperate plants in ...
... insects at sea - Insects at great altitudes - The dispersal of plants -Dispersal of seeds by the wind - Mineral matter carried by the wind -Objections to the theory of wind - dispersal answered - Explanation of north temperate plants in ...
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... Insects ) 311 29. LYTHRUM SALICARIA , THREE FORMS OF ( from Lubbock's British Wild Flowers in Relation to Insects ) 312 30. ORCHIS PYRAMIDALIS ( from Darwin's Fertilisation of Orchids ) . 314 31. HUMMING - BIRD FERTILISING MARCGRAVIA ...
... Insects ) 311 29. LYTHRUM SALICARIA , THREE FORMS OF ( from Lubbock's British Wild Flowers in Relation to Insects ) 312 30. ORCHIS PYRAMIDALIS ( from Darwin's Fertilisation of Orchids ) . 314 31. HUMMING - BIRD FERTILISING MARCGRAVIA ...
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... insects , are so radically distinct in their whole organisation and in the very plan of their structure , that objectors may not unreasonably doubt whether they can all have been derived from a common ancestor by means of the very same ...
... insects , are so radically distinct in their whole organisation and in the very plan of their structure , that objectors may not unreasonably doubt whether they can all have been derived from a common ancestor by means of the very same ...
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