My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... insect - eating birds and other animals , led me at once to suppose that the gaudily - coloured caterpillars must have a similar protection . I had just ascertained from Mr. Jenner Weir that one of our common white moths ( DARWIN 3.
... insect - eating birds and other animals , led me at once to suppose that the gaudily - coloured caterpillars must have a similar protection . I had just ascertained from Mr. Jenner Weir that one of our common white moths ( DARWIN 3.
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... common white moths ( Spilosoma menthrastri ) would not be eaten by most of the small birds in his aviary , nor by young turkeys . Now , as a white moth is as conspicuous in the dusk as a coloured caterpillar in the daylight , this case ...
... common white moths ( Spilosoma menthrastri ) would not be eaten by most of the small birds in his aviary , nor by young turkeys . Now , as a white moth is as conspicuous in the dusk as a coloured caterpillar in the daylight , this case ...
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... common goose- berry " caterpillar , which is the larva of the magpie moth ( Abraxus grossulariata ) , is refused by young pheasants , par- tridges , and wild ducks , as well as sparrows and finches , and that all birds to whom he ...
... common goose- berry " caterpillar , which is the larva of the magpie moth ( Abraxus grossulariata ) , is refused by young pheasants , par- tridges , and wild ducks , as well as sparrows and finches , and that all birds to whom he ...
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... common thoughts of men , and only hated and feared by those who would revile but dare not . What shall a man desire more than this ? " The Chief Differences of Opinion between Darwin and myself . As this subject is often referred to by ...
... common thoughts of men , and only hated and feared by those who would revile but dare not . What shall a man desire more than this ? " The Chief Differences of Opinion between Darwin and myself . As this subject is often referred to by ...
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... common among polygamous mammals and birds , and the choice of more musical or more ornamental male birds by the females . The first is an observed fact , and the development of weapons such as horns , canine teeth , spurs , etc. , is a ...
... common among polygamous mammals and birds , and the choice of more musical or more ornamental male birds by the females . The first is an observed fact , and the development of weapons such as horns , canine teeth , spurs , etc. , is a ...
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