Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 111
... equally well adapted successors . Reptiles and Amphibia . - Next to the birds , or perhaps to the less observant eye even before them , the abundance and variety of reptiles form the chief charac- teristic of tropical nature ; and the ...
... equally well adapted successors . Reptiles and Amphibia . - Next to the birds , or perhaps to the less observant eye even before them , the abundance and variety of reptiles form the chief charac- teristic of tropical nature ; and the ...
Page 121
... equally abundant , being much less obtrusive . Animal life is , on the whole , far more abundant and more varied within the tropics than in any other part of the globe , and a great number of peculiar groups are found there which never ...
... equally abundant , being much less obtrusive . Animal life is , on the whole , far more abundant and more varied within the tropics than in any other part of the globe , and a great number of peculiar groups are found there which never ...
Page 164
... equally apply to the little " blues " and 66 coppers ; " while the alpine " apollo " butterflies have a delicate beauty that can hardly be surpassed . In other insects , which are less directly dependent on climate and vegetation , we ...
... equally apply to the little " blues " and 66 coppers ; " while the alpine " apollo " butterflies have a delicate beauty that can hardly be surpassed . In other insects , which are less directly dependent on climate and vegetation , we ...
Page 171
... equally invisible against the light of the clouds and sky . Again , the gorgeous colours of the butterflies which inhabit the depths of tropical forests bear no relation to the kind of light that falls upon them , coming as it does ...
... equally invisible against the light of the clouds and sky . Again , the gorgeous colours of the butterflies which inhabit the depths of tropical forests bear no relation to the kind of light that falls upon them , coming as it does ...
Page 195
... equally on different portions of the integument , and often producing at the same time abnormal developments of hair , horns , scales , feathers , & c . , would almost necessarily lead also to variable distribution of colour , and thus ...
... equally on different portions of the integument , and often producing at the same time abnormal developments of hair , horns , scales , feathers , & c . , would almost necessarily lead also to variable distribution of colour , and thus ...
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