Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of EssaysWallace, Alfred Russel
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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Natural selection
WEIR, Mr. Jenner, on a moth refused by birds, 89;
on beetles refused by birds, 93;
on caterpillars eaten and rejected by birds, 119.
WESTWOOD, Professor, objections to theory of mimicry, 108.
WHITE colour in domesticated and wild animals, 66.
WILD and domesticated animals, essential differences of, 38-41.
WILL really exerts force, 367;
probably the primary source of force, 368.
WOOD, Mr. T. W., on orange-tip butterfly, 59.
WOODCOCKS and Snipes, protective colouring of, 53.
WOODPECKERS, why scarce in England, 32.
_XANTHIA_, autumnal colours of these moths, 62.
ZEBRAS, 299.
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| Transcriber's Notes & Errata |
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| The following entries were added to the Table of Contents. |
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| In Chapter IV.--_The Malayan Papilionidae, or Swallow-tailed |
| Butterflies, as illustrative of the Theory of Natural |
| Selection._: |
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| Arrangement and Geographical Distribution of the Malayan |
| Papilionidae |
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| Range of the Groups of Malayan Papilionidae |
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| In Chapter VI.--_The Philosophy of Birds' Nests._: |
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| How young Birds may learn to build Nests. |
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| Missing page number 94 supplied for the entry "_Phacellocera |
| batesii_, mimics one of the Anthribidae," in the index. |
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| The following words were found in both hyphenated and |
| unhyphenated forms (incidence in parentheses). |
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| |Co-existing (2) |Coexisting (1) | |
| |Fly-catcher (1) |Flycatcher (2) | |
| |sea-weed (2) |seaweed (1) | |
| |bull-dog (1) |bulldog (1) | |
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| The following typographical errors have been corrected: |
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| |Error |Correction | |
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