My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... colour in other cases to mere physical conditions . Bates says the most gaudy caterpillar he ever saw in Amazonia was conspicuous at the distance of yards , from its black and red colours ... animals , led me at once to suppose that the ...
... colour in other cases to mere physical conditions . Bates says the most gaudy caterpillar he ever saw in Amazonia was conspicuous at the distance of yards , from its black and red colours ... animals , led me at once to suppose that the ...
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... colours . " I may add that this question has an important bearing on the whole theory of the origin of the colours of animals , and especially of insects . I hope many of your readers may be thereby induced to make such observations as ...
... colours . " I may add that this question has an important bearing on the whole theory of the origin of the colours of animals , and especially of insects . I hope many of your readers may be thereby induced to make such observations as ...
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... animals , or quoting the older poets for the gratification of the young ladies . He was also very fond of gardening , and we spent much of our time in long walks about the grounds , where there were quantities of the finest species of ...
... animals , or quoting the older poets for the gratification of the young ladies . He was also very fond of gardening , and we spent much of our time in long walks about the grounds , where there were quantities of the finest species of ...
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... colours of fruits in indicating those which are edible for birds or arboreal mammals , while the few exceptions as ... animals , combined with perfectly innocuous and often agreeable fleshy or juicy fruits in order to assist in their ...
... colours of fruits in indicating those which are edible for birds or arboreal mammals , while the few exceptions as ... animals , combined with perfectly innocuous and often agreeable fleshy or juicy fruits in order to assist in their ...
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... colours of animals and of plants , and on various biological problems . As soon as we were settled at Croydon , I began to work at a volume which had been suggested to me by the neces- sary limitations of my " Geographical Distribution ...
... colours of animals and of plants , and on various biological problems . As soon as we were settled at Croydon , I began to work at a volume which had been suggested to me by the neces- sary limitations of my " Geographical Distribution ...
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