Tropical nature, and other essaysMacmillan, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 62
... attract the attention and extort the admiration of the traveller . Occasionally indeed you will come upon shrubs gay with blossoms or trees festooned with flowering creepers ; but , on the other hand , you may travel for a hundred miles ...
... attract the attention and extort the admiration of the traveller . Occasionally indeed you will come upon shrubs gay with blossoms or trees festooned with flowering creepers ; but , on the other hand , you may travel for a hundred miles ...
Page 69
... attract every eye . On the other hand , so many of the more important and characteristic types of animal life are restricted to one only out of the three great divisions of equatorial land , that they can hardly be claimed as ...
... attract every eye . On the other hand , so many of the more important and characteristic types of animal life are restricted to one only out of the three great divisions of equatorial land , that they can hardly be claimed as ...
Page 73
... attract the observer . Instead of the sober browns , the plain yellows , and the occasional patches of red or blue or orange that adorn our European species , we meet with the most intense metallic blues , the purest satiny greens , the ...
... attract the observer . Instead of the sober browns , the plain yellows , and the occasional patches of red or blue or orange that adorn our European species , we meet with the most intense metallic blues , the purest satiny greens , the ...
Page 74
... attracts attention . Tailed hind - wings occur in almost all the families , but vary much in character . In some the tails are broadly spoon - shaped , in others long and pointed . Many have double or triple tails , and some of the ...
... attracts attention . Tailed hind - wings occur in almost all the families , but vary much in character . In some the tails are broadly spoon - shaped , in others long and pointed . Many have double or triple tails , and some of the ...
Page 80
... attract the attention of the traveller from colder climates . We begin then with a group , which owing to their small size and obscure colours would attract little attention , but which nevertheless , by the universality of their ...
... attract the attention of the traveller from colder climates . We begin then with a group , which owing to their small size and obscure colours would attract little attention , but which nevertheless , by the universality of their ...
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abundant adapted adorned Africa allied Amazon animals ants Asia attract bamboo Batavia beautiful become birds blue brilliant butterflies carnivora causes changes character characteristic climate colour Colours of Animals comparatively conspicuous continent curious Danaidæ Darwin distinct Eocene equator equatorial zone existence extensive fact families fauna favourable feet female ferns fertilization flowers foliage forests fruits genera genus greater green groups habits heat humming-birds hyænas immense inhabit insects Juan Fernandez land larger larvæ leaves lemurs less light Madagascar Malay Archipelago male mammalia marsupials Miocene monkeys natural selection naturalists North northern observed occur ocean ornaments Palearctic parrots peculiar perhaps phenomena plants plumage probably produced proportion protection rays region remarkable resemble sexual selection showy slender sometimes South America species spots structure sun-birds surface tail temperate zones temperature theory tints tion trees tropical trunks Ungulata variation varied variety vegetation whole wings yellow