Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page ix
... birds is taken as an illustration of the luxuriant development of allied forms in the tropics , and as showing the special mode in which natural selection has acted to bring about considerable changes in a limited period . The ...
... birds is taken as an illustration of the luxuriant development of allied forms in the tropics , and as showing the special mode in which natural selection has acted to bring about considerable changes in a limited period . The ...
Page xi
... Birds - Parrots - Pigeons - Picariæ - Cuckoos - Trogons , Barbets , Toucans and Hornbills - Passeres - Reptiles and Amphibia - Lizards - Snakes— Frogs and Toads - Mammalia - Monkeys - Bats - Summary of the Aspects of Animal Life in the ...
... Birds - Parrots - Pigeons - Picariæ - Cuckoos - Trogons , Barbets , Toucans and Hornbills - Passeres - Reptiles and Amphibia - Lizards - Snakes— Frogs and Toads - Mammalia - Monkeys - Bats - Summary of the Aspects of Animal Life in the ...
Page xii
... Birds - Display of Ornaments by the Male - Food -Geographical Distribution and Variation - Humming - Birds of Juan Fernandez as illustrating Variation and Natural Selection - The Relations and Affinities of Humming - Birds - How to ...
... Birds - Display of Ornaments by the Male - Food -Geographical Distribution and Variation - Humming - Birds of Juan Fernandez as illustrating Variation and Natural Selection - The Relations and Affinities of Humming - Birds - How to ...
Page 22
... birds begin to break the silence of night , perhaps indicating that signs of dawn are perceptible in the eastern horizon . A little later the melancholy voices of the goatsuckers are heard , varied croakings of frogs , the plaintive ...
... birds begin to break the silence of night , perhaps indicating that signs of dawn are perceptible in the eastern horizon . A little later the melancholy voices of the goatsuckers are heard , varied croakings of frogs , the plaintive ...
Page 71
... birds , and reptiles , but they are widely scattered and all excessively shy of man . The region is so exten- sive , and uniform in the forest clothing of its surface , that it is only at long intervals that animals are seen in ...
... birds , and reptiles , but they are widely scattered and all excessively shy of man . The region is so exten- sive , and uniform in the forest clothing of its surface , that it is only at long intervals that animals are seen in ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants Asia attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become birds blue brilliant butterflies carnivora causes changes character characteristic climate colour Colours of Animals comparatively conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct Eocene equator equatorial zone existence extensive fact families fauna favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forests fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia marsupials Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists North northern observed occur ocean ornaments Palearctic 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 trees tropical trunks Ungulata variation varied variety vegetation whole wings yellow