My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... coloured to escape dangers , I can hardly attribute their bright 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 ...
... coloured to escape dangers , I can hardly attribute their bright 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 ...
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... coloured caterpillar in the daylight , this case seemed to me so much on a par with the other that I felt almost sure my explanation would turn out correct . I at once wrote to Mr. Darwin to this effect , and his reply , dated February ...
... coloured caterpillar in the daylight , this case seemed to me so much on a par with the other that I felt almost sure my explanation would turn out correct . I at once wrote to Mr. Darwin to this effect , and his reply , dated February ...
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... colours , as yellow , red , or black . The food plant of the caterpillar should also be stated when known . Those ... coloured on purpose to be conspicuous , and it is very important to know whether they have another kind of protection ...
... colours , as yellow , red , or black . The food plant of the caterpillar should also be stated when known . Those ... coloured on purpose to be conspicuous , and it is very important to know whether they have another kind of protection ...
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... colours of animals , and especially of insects . I hope many of your readers may be thereby induced to make such ... coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con ...
... colours of animals , and especially of insects . I hope many of your readers may be thereby induced to make such ... coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con ...
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. proportion of the colours and markings in the animal world . It is , of course , only a wider application of the same funda- mental fact by which Bates had already explained the ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. proportion of the colours and markings in the animal world . It is , of course , only a wider application of the same funda- mental fact by which Bates had already explained the ...
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