The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1 |
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Page 71
... coloured exactly like our dark- coloured slugs . Now slugs are not devoured by birds , like the shell - bearing species , and this made me remember that I found the Brazilian Planariæ actually together with striped Vaginuli which I ...
... coloured exactly like our dark- coloured slugs . Now slugs are not devoured by birds , like the shell - bearing species , and this made me remember that I found the Brazilian Planariæ actually together with striped Vaginuli which I ...
Page 85
... coloured version of the reviewer's remarks : " We doubt not that Professor Asa Gray . . . could show that natural selection is simply an instrument in the hands of an omnipotent and omni- scient creator . " The reviewer goes on to say ...
... coloured version of the reviewer's remarks : " We doubt not that Professor Asa Gray . . . could show that natural selection is simply an instrument in the hands of an omnipotent and omni- scient creator . " The reviewer goes on to say ...
Page 93
... coloured ? Seeing that many are coloured to escape danger , I can hardly attribute their bright colour in other cases to mere physical conditions . Bates says the most gaudy caterpillar he ever saw in Amazonia ( of a sphinx ) was ...
... coloured ? Seeing that many are coloured to escape danger , I can hardly attribute their bright colour in other cases to mere physical conditions . Bates says the most gaudy caterpillar he ever saw in Amazonia ( of a sphinx ) was ...
Page 97
... coloured during the breeding season than at other times of the year . . . . Heaven knows whether I shall ever live to make use of half the valuable facts which you have communicated to me ! Your paper on Balanus VOL . III . H armatus ...
... coloured during the breeding season than at other times of the year . . . . Heaven knows whether I shall ever live to make use of half the valuable facts which you have communicated to me ! Your paper on Balanus VOL . III . H armatus ...
Page 112
... colouring of the opposite sex , or by the sounds emitted by the various musical instruments of the male Orthoptera . I know no one so likely to answer this question as yourself , and should be grateful for any information , however ...
... colouring of the opposite sex , or by the sounds emitted by the various musical instruments of the male Orthoptera . I know no one so likely to answer this question as yourself , and should be grateful for any information , however ...
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