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nydus/Contributions to the Theory of Natural SelectionPublic

This volume collects essays written by Alfred Russel Wallace regarding his independent discovery and development of the theory of natural selection. The author provides corrected and expanded versions of his previous scientific writings to demonstrate the scope and application of his findings.

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Table of Contents

INDEX.

  • Balance in nature, 42.
  • Barrington, Hon. Daines, on song of birds, 220.
  • Basilornis, 196.
  • Bates, Mr., first adopted the word “mimicry,” 75; his observations on Leptalis and Heliconidæ, 82; his paper explaining the theory of mimicry, 83; objections to his theory, 108; on variation, 165; on recent immigration of Amazonian Indians, 214.
  • Bayma, Mr., on “Molecular Mechanics,” 363, 364.
  • Beauty in nature, 282; not universal, 284; of flowers useful to them, 285; not given for its own sake, 285.
  • Birds, possible rapid increase of, 29; numbers that die annually, 30; mimicry among, 103; dull colour of females, 114; nidification as affecting colour of females, 116; refusing the gooseberry caterpillar, 119; the highest in rank and organization, 137; dimorphism in, 155; why peculiar nest built by each species, 215-219; build more perfect nests as they grow older, 224, 227; alter and improve their nests, 226; sexual differences of colour in, 239.
  • Bombus hortorum, 90.
  • Bombycilla, garrula, colours and nidification of, 255.
  • Bombylius, 98.
  • Brain of the savage but slightly less than that of civilized man, 336; size of, an important element of mental power, 335; of savage races larger than their needs require, 338, 343; of man and of anthropoid apes compared, 338.
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