Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, 16. köideWest, Newman, 1858 |
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Page 5865
... nearly the same word as its Greek equivalent pv , which is probably only another form of äppnv , male ; - and this may be traced to an old root signifying strength . So , too , tup is taken from a root which is now little used by us ...
... nearly the same word as its Greek equivalent pv , which is probably only another form of äppnv , male ; - and this may be traced to an old root signifying strength . So , too , tup is taken from a root which is now little used by us ...
Page 5891
... nearly perfect males of Papilio Ulysses . Mosquitoes and minute ticks here attacked me so perseveringly , that my feet and ankles refused to submit , and , breaking out into inflamed ulcers , confined me to the house during a month of ...
... nearly perfect males of Papilio Ulysses . Mosquitoes and minute ticks here attacked me so perseveringly , that my feet and ankles refused to submit , and , breaking out into inflamed ulcers , confined me to the house during a month of ...
Page 5896
... nearly equal length ; the fourth is similar to the third in being smoother than the four last , which are of the same shape and densely pubescent , as in the terminal ones of all the future stages . The palpi consist of five joints as ...
... nearly equal length ; the fourth is similar to the third in being smoother than the four last , which are of the same shape and densely pubescent , as in the terminal ones of all the future stages . The palpi consist of five joints as ...
Page 5907
... nearly so numerous in individuals as twelve months previously , and many spe- cies would be excessively abundant one year that were rare or en- tirely wanting at a corresponding period of the next year . The influx of diggers , the ...
... nearly so numerous in individuals as twelve months previously , and many spe- cies would be excessively abundant one year that were rare or en- tirely wanting at a corresponding period of the next year . The influx of diggers , the ...
Page 5908
... nearly all the year round , and appearing gregarious , for I sometimes found them twisted together in masses as large as my hand , but generally there would be perhaps a dozen in company : their colour was nearly black , tinged along ...
... nearly all the year round , and appearing gregarious , for I sometimes found them twisted together in masses as large as my hand , but generally there would be perhaps a dozen in company : their colour was nearly black , tinged along ...
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Page 6307 - The hypothesis of Lamarck — that progressive changes in species have been produced by the attempts of animals to increase the development of their own organs, and thus modify their structure and habits — has been repeatedly and easily refuted by all writers on the subject of varieties and species...
Page 6303 - ... under all the varying circumstances by which it is surrounded, we might be able even to calculate the proportionate abundance of individuals which is the necessary result. If now we have succeeded in establishing these two points...
Page 6303 - It is, as we commenced by remarking, "a struggle for existence," in which the weakest and least perfectly organized must always succumb. Now it is clear that what takes place among the individuals of a species must also occur among the several allied species of a group — viz., that those which are best adapted to obtain a regular supply of food, and to defend themselves against the attacks of their enemies and the vicissitudes of the seasons, must necessarily obtain and preserve a superiority in...
Page 6296 - ... individuals with the lightest forms, longest limbs, and best eyesight, let the difference be ever so small, would be slightly favoured, and would tend to live longer, and to survive during that time of the year when food was scarcest; they would also rear more young, which would tend to inherit these slight peculiarities. The less fleet ones would be rigidly destroyed. I can see no more reason to doubt that these causes in a thousand generations would produce a marked effect, and adapt the form...
Page 6298 - I have found it hard constantly to bear in mind that the increase of every single species is checked during some part of its life, or during some shortly recurrent generation. Only a few of those annually born can live to propagate their kind.
Page 6300 - Equally general, however, is the belief in what are called " permanent or true varieties," — races of animals which continually propagate their like, but which differ so slightly (although constantly) from some other race, that the one is considered to be a variety of the other. Which is the variety and which the original species, there is generally no means of determining, except in those rare cases in which the one race has been known to produce an offspring unlike itself and resembling the other....
Page 6303 - ... the several species is entirely due to their organization and resulting habits, which, rendering it more difficult to procure a regular supply of food and to provide for their personal safety in some cases than in others, can only be balanced by a difference hi the population which have to exist in a given area...
Page 5989 - I passed the island ; but the second appearance completely dispelled those fears, and assured us that it was a monster of extraordinary length, which appeared to be moving slowly towards the land. The ship was going too fast, to enable us to reach the masthead in time to form a correct estimate of its...
Page 6301 - It would therefore appear that, as far as the continuance of the species and the keeping up the average number of individuals are concerned, large broods are superfluous. On the average all above one become food for hawks and kites, wild cats and weasels, or perish of cold and hunger as winter comes on. This is strikingly proved by the case of particular species; for we find that their abundance in individuals bears no relation whatever to their fertility in producing offspring. Perhaps the most...
Page 6299 - ... instability is considered to be a distinctive peculiarity of all varieties, even of those occurring among wild animals in a state of nature, and to constitute a provision for preserving unchanged the originally created distinct species. In the absence or scarcity of facts and observations as to varieties occurring among wild animals, this argument has had great weight with naturalists, and has led to a very general and somewhat prejudiced belief in the stability of species. Equally general, however,...