Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 150
... remains fully developed ; and in another ( Meiglyptes ) the characteristic tail remains , while the prolonged hyoid muscles have almost entirely disappeared , and the tongue has consequently lost its peculiar extensile power ; yet in ...
... remains fully developed ; and in another ( Meiglyptes ) the characteristic tail remains , while the prolonged hyoid muscles have almost entirely disappeared , and the tongue has consequently lost its peculiar extensile power ; yet in ...
Page 170
... remains unchanged in the tissues of leaf - eating insects , and being discernible through the transparent integument , produces the same colour as that of the food plant . In the case of all these insects , as well as in the great ...
... remains unchanged in the tissues of leaf - eating insects , and being discernible through the transparent integument , produces the same colour as that of the food plant . In the case of all these insects , as well as in the great ...
Page 208
... patterns by the choice of the female birds , or in any other way , would be impossible . There remains , however , to be accounted for , the remarkable fact of the display by the male of each 208 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... patterns by the choice of the female birds , or in any other way , would be impossible . There remains , however , to be accounted for , the remarkable fact of the display by the male of each 208 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
Page 216
... remains , of the same vivid colours in definite patterns being produced in quite unrelated groups , which only agree , so far as we yet know , in inhabiting the same locality . Summary on Colour - development in Animals . - Let us now ...
... remains , of the same vivid colours in definite patterns being produced in quite unrelated groups , which only agree , so far as we yet know , in inhabiting the same locality . Summary on Colour - development in Animals . - Let us now ...
Page 219
... remains to be explained the undoubted fact that all the more intense and gorgeous tints are manifested by the animal life of the tropics ; while in some groups , such as butterflies and birds , there is a marked preponderance of highly ...
... remains to be explained the undoubted fact that all the more intense and gorgeous tints are manifested by the animal life of the tropics ; while in some groups , such as butterflies and birds , there is a marked preponderance of highly ...
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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