Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 78
... variation , of protective modifications , and of mimicry , have been fully discussed elsewhere . For the study of the laws of variation in all its forms , these beautiful creatures are unsurpassed by any class of animals ; both on ...
... variation , of protective modifications , and of mimicry , have been fully discussed elsewhere . For the study of the laws of variation in all its forms , these beautiful creatures are unsurpassed by any class of animals ; both on ...
Page 88
... variations by which the eyes were reduced and ultimately lost must all have been useful . It is true they do manage to exist without eyes ; but that is probably because , as sight became more and more imper- fect , new instincts or new ...
... variations by which the eyes were reduced and ultimately lost must all have been useful . It is true they do manage to exist without eyes ; but that is probably because , as sight became more and more imper- fect , new instincts or new ...
Page 90
... variations occurred which tended to preserve them . Hence the curious phenomenon of insects specially attracted to certain plants to protect them from other insects ; and the existence of the destructive leaf - cutting ant in America ...
... variations occurred which tended to preserve them . Hence the curious phenomenon of insects specially attracted to certain plants to protect them from other insects ; and the existence of the destructive leaf - cutting ant in America ...
Page 111
... variations which have best adapted it among its fellows to fill that place , and to leave behind it equally well adapted successors . Reptiles and Amphibia . - Next to the birds , or perhaps to the less observant eye even before them ...
... variations which have best adapted it among its fellows to fill that place , and to leave behind it equally well adapted successors . Reptiles and Amphibia . - Next to the birds , or perhaps to the less observant eye even before them ...
Page 122
... variation in the temperate and frigid zones , and have checked all such developments of form and colour as were in the least degree injurious in themselves , or which co - existed with any constitutional incapacity to resist great ...
... variation in the temperate and frigid zones , and have checked all such developments of form and colour as were in the least degree injurious in themselves , or which co - existed with any constitutional incapacity to resist great ...
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