Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 157
... for an aërial and flower - haunting existence , but still bearing in many important peculiarities of structure the unmistakable evidences of a common origin . - V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION . General HUMMING - BIRDS . 157.
... for an aërial and flower - haunting existence , but still bearing in many important peculiarities of structure the unmistakable evidences of a common origin . - V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION . General HUMMING - BIRDS . 157.
Page 163
... evidence is by no means strong that tropical light and heat have any- thing to do with the matter . But there are other groups in which the cold and temperate zones produce finer- coloured species than the tropics . Thus the arctic ...
... evidence is by no means strong that tropical light and heat have any- thing to do with the matter . But there are other groups in which the cold and temperate zones produce finer- coloured species than the tropics . Thus the arctic ...
Page 199
... evidence of this fact collected by Mr. Darwin ( Descent of Man , chap . xiv . ) does not prove that colour determines that choice , while much of the strongest evidence is directly opposed to this view . All the facts appear to be ...
... evidence of this fact collected by Mr. Darwin ( Descent of Man , chap . xiv . ) does not prove that colour determines that choice , while much of the strongest evidence is directly opposed to this view . All the facts appear to be ...
Page 206
... evidence , find mates and leave offspring , the actual result seems quite impossible of attainment by such means . Without pretending to solve completely so difficult a problem as that of the origin and uses of the variously coloured ...
... evidence , find mates and leave offspring , the actual result seems quite impossible of attainment by such means . Without pretending to solve completely so difficult a problem as that of the origin and uses of the variously coloured ...
Page 207
... evidence of Mr. Darwin's most trustworthy correspondents , that the choice of the female , so far as she exerts any , falls upon the " most vigorous , defiant , and mettlesome male ; " and if we further believe , what is certainly the ...
... evidence of Mr. Darwin's most trustworthy correspondents , that the choice of the female , so far as she exerts any , falls upon the " most vigorous , defiant , and mettlesome male ; " and if we further believe , what is certainly the ...
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